[July 2006 journal entry]
If the ‘scrapheap’ Job has some such proverb in mind, his being abandoned by his wider circle of friends weakens the proverb’s credibility. As his wider circle of friends disappears, the proverb’s credibility depends on the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s three close friends. The implications of their failure to meet the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s expectation of friendship (6:14) are existentially as well as theologically profound.
If the ‘scrapheap’ Job has some such proverb in mind, his being abandoned by his wider circle of friends weakens the proverb’s credibility. As his wider circle of friends disappears, the proverb’s credibility depends on the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s three close friends. The implications of their failure to meet the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s expectation of friendship (6:14) are existentially as well as theologically profound.
