they sympathized with him. Their mistake was in thinking they had to explain Job’s situation and tell him how to change it. “My best friend,” said Henry Ford, “is the one who brings out the best in me”; but Job’s friends brought out the worst in him. However, in the end Job and his friends were reconciled (42:7–10); and I like to think that their relationship was deeper than before. To have true friends is to be wealthy indeed. In one day, Job was stripped of his wealth.