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Zophar

The third of Job's friends, the Naamathite, and the harshest of them. He tells Job that God exacts less of him than his guilt deserves, urges him to put away iniquity, and delivers a set piece on the short-lived triumph of the wicked. He has no third speech, and with the other two he is finally rebuked and told to bring a burnt offering and let Job pray for him.

Role: Friend of Job
Lived: Patriarchal age

Where in scripture

Job

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

Job 2:11

Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

Job 11:1 — Zophar the Naamathite answers

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

Job 20:1

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

Job 42:9

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Job 2:11Job 11:1Job 20:1Job 42:9