Job's comforter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Job's comforter
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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Maurice is Tom's sausage-maker, but he has now emerged as a truly biblical figure, Job's comforter.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2013
In the final sections of the book, Zorn, 32, obviously failing in energy and spirit,' takes the advice of Job's comforter: to curse heaven and die.
From Time Magazine Archive
I made no answer to this Job's comforter, so he presently left me, placing the bowl upon the chair, with the rushlight beside it.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Sepia, I can't for the life of me tell whether you are a Job's comforter or the devil's advocate."
From Mary Marston by George MacDonald
His face fell, and I saw with shame what a Job's comforter I was.
From The Vicar's Daughter by George MacDonald
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