Sympathy - a Christian perspective
Job has just lost everything. He is depleted. It is at this moment that three of his friends agree to go and sympathize with him. Their acts of sympathy are simply to be with him and experience his remorse. They sit with him. They are silent with him. They respect his losses and are there for him.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%202:11-13&version=NIV