What is "job's comforter"

Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man. Job's comforter.

1. A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.

2. A boil. [Colloq.]

   Job's news, bad news.
   --Carlyle.

   Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ( Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.

Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n.

1. One who administers comfort or consolation.

   Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
   --Shak.

2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.

   But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
   --John xiv. 26.

3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]

   The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
   --Pop. Sci. Monthly.

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]

   Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]