Job 20:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:11 : 11 And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
  • Job 11:1 : 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
  • Job 42:9 : 9 And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

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    1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

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    1 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

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  • 7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

  • 1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • 32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

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  • 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

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  • 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

  • 20 Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 3 And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

  • 9 And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

  • 34 Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

  • 14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.