Ijobs Gespräch mit den Freunden.

The article reflects on the failure of the conversation between Job and his friends at the time of his suffering. Topics include the efforts of friends to comfort and express sympathy to Job; the portrayal of the suffering of the righteous in the book of Job; the argument claiming how good behavior has good effects, while bad behavior has negative consequences; and how Job's suffering raises the theodicy question: if God is good, where does suffering of innocents come from.