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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- Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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- Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
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- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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- And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
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- And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
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- Da tok Sofar fra Na'ama til orde og sa:
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- Sofar fra Na'ama svarte,
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- 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 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.
Read in contextJob 11:1
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Read in contextJob 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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