Job 20:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 2:11 : 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, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Job 11:1 : 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 42:9 : 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

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1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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78%
1Then Job answered and said,
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Job 9:1
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Job 12:1
77%
1Then Job answered and said,
Job 26:1
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Job 8:1
77%
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job 25:1
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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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1Then Job answered and said,
Job 40:1-3
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1Moreover the Jehovah answered Job, and said,
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Job 42:1
74%
1Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
Job 27:1
73%
1And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Job 3:2
73%
2And Job answered and said:
Job 34:1
72%
1Moreover Elihu answered and said,
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1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
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71%
11Now 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, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Job 29:1
71%
1And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Job 40:5-6
2 verses
70%
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69%
1Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Job 42:7
69%
7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Job 33:1
68%
1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
Job 33:32
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66%
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66%
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