Job 20 · Verse 1

Job 20:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 20:1, King James Version

Job 20:1 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 20:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Zophar answers Job, and largely details the wretchedness of the wicked and the hypocrite; shows that the rejoicing of such is short and transitory, Job 20:1-9. That he is punished in his family and in his person, Job 20:10-14. That he shall be stripped of his ill-gotten wealth, and shall be in misery, though in the midst of affluence, Job 20:15-23. He shall at last die a violent death, and his family and property be finally destroyed, Job 20:24-29.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:1-9
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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 20:1 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
הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.Tithe NaamathiteH5284
וַיֹּאמַֽר\׃vai.yo.Marand he saidH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 20:1

  • 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 11:1

    Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

  • Job 42:9

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked.

Zophar.
2:11; 11:1; 42:9

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

Context

  • Job 20:1

    Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

  • Job 20:2

    Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

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Job 20:1 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: