Asbury Bible Commentary – F. The Arrival of the Comforters (2:11-13)
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F. The Arrival of the Comforters (2:11-13)

F. The Arrival of the Comforters (2:11-13)

The comforters show their sympathy by performing the grief ritual. They clearly had come to comfort him even though their subsequent words seem to deny it. Following established practice, they remain silent until Job speaks.