JOB—NOTE ON Job 16:1 Job responds again. He begins by pointing out that his friends have failed as comforters (Job 16:2), even though comfort was their original purpose for coming to him (see Job 2:11). He then describes the seeming paradox of his situation: God is the one who has brought this suffering upon him, and although others take this as a sign of divine judgment, Job trusts that God will vindicate him (Job 16:6). The friends’ condemnation of Job leaves death as his only hope, but to long for death is to give up any possibility of vindication and thus is no hope at all (Job 17:10).

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