Job 20:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

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:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 2:11

    Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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  • Job 11:1

    Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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  • Job 42:9

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

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