Job 11 · Verse 1

Job 11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 11:1, King James Version

Job 11:1 in other translations

BSBThen Zophar the Naamathite replied:
WEBThen Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
ASVThen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
YLTAnd Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --
DARBYAnd Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
BBEThen Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
WebsterThen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

What does Job 11:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Zophar answers Job, and reproves him severely for his attempts to justify himself; charges him with secret iniquity, and contends that God inflicts less punishment on him than his iniquities deserve, Job 11:1-6. Shows the knowledge and perfections of God to be unsearchable, and that none can resist his power, Job 11:7-11. Warns him against vanity of mind, and exhorts him to repentance on the ground that his acceptance with God is still a possible case, and that his latter days may yet become happy and prosperous, Job 11:12-20. Verse 1 Zophar 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:1-6
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 act in our quarrels, and to think that if he would but speak, he would take our part. We ought to leave all disputes to the judgment of God, which we are sure is according to truth; but those are not always right who are most forward to appeal to the Divine judgment.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 11:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anand he answeredH6030
צֹפַ֥רtzo.FarZopharH6691
הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.Tithe NaamathiteH5284
וַיֹּאמַֽר\׃vai.yo.Marand he saidH559

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Cross references for Job 11:1

  • Job 2:11

    Now 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 20:1

    Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself.
5 God's wisdom is unsearchable.
13 The assured blessing of repentance.

Zophar.
2:11; 20:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 11:1

    Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

  • Job 11:2

    Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

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Job 11:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y RESPONDIÓ Sophar Naamathita, y dijo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et Tsophar, le Naamathite, répondit et dit:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Zophar, der Naamathiter, antwortete und sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit: