Job 11:1
in Job 11Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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ASV
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
KJV
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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This verse in Job 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verseZophar 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.
This site's exposition
Zophar the Naamathite replied
on Job 11:1-4
Zophar the Naamathite opens the harshest of the three friends' speeches. He alone skips the softening opening that Eliphaz and Bildad each give before they accuse. He meets Job's claim, "My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight", with open scorn.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Since Zophar does not recognize Job's virtue and the goal of his consistent remarks, he says to Job, "Do not talk much." The word of holy Scripture teaches us to control our words. It says, "When words are many, transgression is not lacking." Here Scripture …
The Medieval Church1 voice
In the speech above (10:16), Job had remarked with wonder that among other evils which he was suffering he had been tormented by his friends who rose against him like witnesses speaking for God. Sophar, who was touched by this argument answers. So the text …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite,.... The third of Job's friends, that came to visit him; see Gill on Job 2:11; and who perhaps might be the youngest, since his turn was to speak last; and he appears to have less modesty and prudence, and more fire and heat in him; than his other friends; though he might be the more irritated by observing, that their arguments were baffled by Job, and had no manner of effect on him, to cause him to recede from his first sentiments and conduct: and said; as follows.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֭יַּעַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| צֹפַ֥ר | tzofar | Zophar | H6691 → | 4 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י | hanaamati | the Naamathite | H5284 → | 4 times |
| וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַ֭יַּעַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
צֹפַ֥רZophar
tzofarH6691 →4 times
הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יthe Naamathite
hanaamatiH5284 →4 times
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃and he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Job 42:11
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…
- Genesis 25:2
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Job 6:14
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Romans 12:15
Through
Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
it leads to
- 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…
- 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.
- Job 2:11
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Didymus the Blind, COMMENTARY ON JOB 11:3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.