Doctrine and Covenants 121:10

[askandanswer]

10 Thou art not yet as Job; thy friends do not contend against thee, neither charge thee with transgression, as they did Job.

Section 121 was received in 1839. Is the above verse consistent with what is written in the History of the Church? I thought by this time, and particularly during the Kirtland Safety Society problems of 1837, some of Joseph's friends had turned against him and charged him with transgression. 

[zil2]

14 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

...some of Joseph's friends...

...being the important qualifier, I assume.

[mikbone]

Yup, all Job’s friends and associates had rebuked him.

Joseph still had true friends that ferociously defended him.

1837 was a rough year for Joseph.

“On a certain occasion several of the Twelve, the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and others of the Authorities of the Church, held a council in the upper room of the Temple. The question before them was to ascertain how the Prophet Joseph could be deposed, and David Whitmer appointed President of the Church. Father John Smith, brother Heber C. Kimball and others were present, who were opposed to such measures. I rose up, and in a plain and forcible manner told them that Joseph was a Prophet, and I knew it, and that they might rail and slander him as much as they pleased, [but] they could not destroy the appointment of the Prophet of God; they could only destroy their own authority, cut the thread that bound them to the Prophet and to God, and sink themselves to hell” (Brigham Young, in “History of the Church,” Juvenile Instructor, Mar. 1871, 37; punctuation standardized).

[mikbone]

October 9, 1844

Conference voted that Elder Sidney Rigdon be permitted to retain his station as Counsellor to the First President. President Joseph Smith arose and said ‘I have thrown him off my shoulders and you have again put him on me, you may carry him, but I will not.’

I once worked with one of Sidney Rigdon’s descendants who was a RN in an orthopedic clinic.   I had a very similar experience…

Not impressed.