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Zophar only speaks twice to Job, unlike friends Bildad and Eliphaz who each give three speeches. Zophar is the most impetuous and dogmatic of Job's three visitors: He is the first to accuse Job directly of wickedness; claiming that Job's punishment is indeed too good for him (), and he rebukes Job's impious presumption in trying to find out the unsearchable secrets of God (Job 11:7–12).
Chapter 11 starts with an introduction of Zophar, Job's third friend to speak, followed by the exposition of Zophar's fundamental stand (verses 2–6). Zophar argues that human cannot fathom God's depths (verses 7–12), but he believes that reward will come to the repentant righteous (verses 13–20), ended with a warning that the wicked will ...
Zophar replies to Job angrily and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin. People: Zophar - God. Related Articles: Naamathite. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe
Chapter 20 contains Zophar's second (and final) speech, which can be divided into several parts: [11] Zophar's initial response (verses 1–3) The brevity of the wicked due to premature death (verses 4–11) The self-destructive nature of sin (using distinctive food imagery, verses 12–22) God's active wrath against the wicked (verses 23–29 ...
Although quick-witted, and quick to respond, Eliphaz loses his composure in chapter 22, in the third and final round of speeches, accusing Job of specific faults, "sins against justice and charity towards others": [11] oppressing widows and orphans, refusing bread to the hungry: a far cry from how he had originally described Job in his first address to him:
A scroll of the Book of Job, in Hebrew. The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. [4] It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but ...
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