Job 11:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
BSB
ASV
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
KJV
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Zophar the Naamathite - Of this man and his friends, see Job 2:11. He is the most inveterate of Job’s accusers, and generally speaks without feeling or pity. In sour godliness he excelled all the rest. This chapter and the twentieth comprehends all that he said. He was too crooked to speak much in measured verse.
Then answered - How hard is it, to preserve calmness, in the heat of disputation! Eliphaz began modestly: Bildad was a little rougher: But Zophar falls upon Job without mercy.
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Job 2:11Now 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…
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Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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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…
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.