Job 20:1

Job 20:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Context of Job 20:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me. 3I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

Job 20:1 word by word

וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• Zopharצוֹפַרtsôphar · ZopharH6691
• the Naamathiteנַעֲמָתִיna‛ămâthîy · NaamathiteH5284
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

People and places in Job 20:1

• Zophar
• Naamathites

Cross-references for Job 20:1

• Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him.
• Job 11:1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
• Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job.

Commentaries on Job 20:1

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Zophar speaks of the short joy of the wicked. (1-9) The ruin of the wicked. (10-22) The portion of the wicked. (23-29) Verses 1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29SECOND SERIES. 2. Therefore--Rather, the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more for that very reason shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, "Notwithstanding; my calm thoughts (as in Job 4:13) shall furnish my answer, because of the excitement (haste) within me" [Umbreit].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Naamathite
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings