Job 11:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- KJV
- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- WEB
- Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
- ASV
- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- DARBY
- And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
- BLB
- Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
- ÅB
- Da tok Sofar fra Na'ama til orde og sa:
- OTB
- Sofar fra Na'ama svarte:
- B1930
- Da tok Sofar fra Na'ama til orde og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Read in contextJob 20:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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