Job 11:1

Job 11:1 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 King James Version (NKJV)Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

Context of Job 11:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job: 2“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking? 3Should I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?

Job 11:1 word by word

וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י 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

Cross-references for Job 11:1

• Job 2:11When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
• Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Commentaries on Job 11:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Zophar the Naamathite - Of this man and his friends, see Job 2:11. He is the most inveterate of Job's accusers, and generally speaks without feeling or pity. In sour godliness he excelled all the rest. This chapter and the twentieth comprehends all that he said. He was too crooked to speak much in measured verse.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Zophar reproves Job. (1-6) God's perfections and almighty power. (7-12) Zophar assures Job of blessings if he repented. (13-20) Verses 1-6 Zophar attacked Job with great vehemence. He represented him as a man that loved to hear himself speak, though he could say nothing to the purpose, and as a man that maintained falsehoods. He desired God would show Job that less punishment was exacted than he deserved. We are ready, with much assurance, to call God to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Zophar the Naamathite, the most harsh of Job’s three friends, focused only on the issue of sin (see study note on 2:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20FIRST SERIES. 2. Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Pr 10:8, 19).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 11:1

• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Confess
• Deserve
• Measure
• Mock
• Naamathite
• Suit
• Talk
• Christianity
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 11

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings