Job 20:1

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Zophar’s Second Speech Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:11 : 11 The Visit of Job’s Friends When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country– Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.
  • Job 11:1 : 1 Zophar’s First Speech to Job Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:
  • Job 42:9 : 9 So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the LORD had told them; and the LORD had respect for Job.

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