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Job 20:1

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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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KJV King James Version

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

WEB World English Bible

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

ASV American Standard Version

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith:—

Surrounding context — Job 20

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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Original-language word links

These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וַ֭יַּעַןH6030 · unto dwell צֹפַ֥רH6691 · tso.pharZophar הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗יH5284 · na.a.ma.tiNaamathite וַיֹּאמַֽר׃H559 · a.marto say

Cross-references

Job 2:11Now 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: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.Job 11:1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

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