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Job 20:1

Zophar
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

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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
And 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:

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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.

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  • Job 11:1

    Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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  • Job 42:9

    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

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