Job’s professed friends were miserable comforters, making his case more bitter and unbearable, and Job was not guilty as they supposed. Those who are under the pain and distress of their own wrongdoing, while Satan is seeking to drive them to despair, are the very ones who need help the most. The intense agony of the soul that has been overcome by Satan and is feeling worsted and helpless—how little is it comprehended by those who should meet the erring one with tender compassion! {TM 350.2}

Jobs bekendende venner var elendige trøstere, og gjorde hans problemer mere forbitret og utålelig, og Job var ikke skyldig som de antog. Dem der er under deres egen forsyndelses smerte og nød, hvor Satan søger at få dem til at fortvivle, er netop dem der trænger mest hjælp. Denne intense pine i sjælen der er overvundet af Satan og føler sig besejret og hjælpeløs - hvor lidt er dette forstået af dem der skulle møde de fejlende med en nænsom medynk!