Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
- KJV Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- BSB Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- NKJV Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
- NASB Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,
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Quick answer
Zophar the Naamathite now speaks, the third and harshest of Job's friends. His entrance opens the final speech of the first round of debate.
Overview
Zophar, the third friend, steps forward to answer Job, and his words prove the bluntest and least sympathetic. Like the others he assumes Job's suffering must be the fruit of hidden sin. His speech illustrates how a partial truth, that God judges sin, becomes harmful when applied without compassion or knowledge of God's larger purposes (Job 42:7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
- Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
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