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It seems that Job’s friends had spent some time discussing Job’s condition and came to a general consensus that he had sinned and was hiding his sin. This implies one of two paradigms. First, it may be this decision had come during the seven days they spent with Job in silence, which implies that some of that time had not been spent actually with Job. Secondly, they may have come to this conclusion before they sat with him, while they were astonished with Job’s condition. In either case, however, this is a matter of conjecture. Nevertheless, in whatever manner they had come to agree among themselves about Job’s circumstances, each of them presumed Job had sinned and remained unrepentant, despite the fact that not one of the three could identify or prove Job’s wickedness. Read the rest of this entry »