| Front | Job's comforter \johbz KUM-fuhr-tuhr\ |
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| Back | noun A person who tries to console or help someone and not only fails but ends up making the other feel worse. [Originally there was not just one, but three Job's comforters. In the Biblical story these people tried to console Job, an upright person, that his troubles must be divine retribution for his sins. There are Job's comforters in current times as well: soon after any disaster these TV preachers are ready to explain how the afflicted had offended gods and brought it upon themselves.] |
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