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Yes. We know all about Job's suffering, but she suffered the same losses, sans the boils. All of her children were killed in one day! Ten funerals at once!!! One is enough to mortally wound a mother. . .
What I am saying, is that we ought to be careful how we judge her, as under similar conditions, we might do the same. Might we not be so wounded by suffering that our pain turns to anger? I know that I stand on no higher moral ground than she, which is why I need a Savior.
Christ, the just, bore beatings, nails pounded through His hands and feet, and God's wrath, all while He was innocent. He bore the suffering without doubting the Father's goodness, and He did that on my behalf.
The Most Misunderstood Woman in the Bible
In the meantime Job is sitting on a dung heap, with Satan doing everything he can to torture Job (even in his sleep) then during waking hours, his "friends" denigrate him and accuse him of all kinds of evil. The bottom line here, is that Satan was using these three "friends" to pummel at Job even as he suffered inexplicably. Satan used Job's wife to plunge that fiery arrow in at the very time he was his absolute lowest. She attacked him, even as she said that he was/is a man of integrity. She however, was incensed that he was, for she neither cared for Job's integrity nor his God. What is most profound for me, is that he was suffering in every way possible, and she had no comfort, words of encouragement, or even prayers.
In all of this, her name is never mentioned. It's a similar theme for others throughout the Bible. For instance Jabez's mother. Her name is never mentioned. It appears that there are some throughout the Bible who disappear into obscurity, such as Job's wife.
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