Job 11:1

Zophar’s First Response to Job

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

Job 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite
The third of Job's friends, that came to visit him, (See Gill on Job 2:11); and who perhaps might be the youngest, since his turn was to speak last; and he appears to have less modesty and prudence, and more fire and heat in him; than his other friends; though he might be the more irritated by observing, that their arguments were baffled by Job, and had no manner of effect on him, to cause him to recede from his first sentiments and conduct:

and said;
as follows.

Job 11:1 In-Context

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

2 "Should an abundance of words go unanswered, or {a man full of talk} be vindicated?

3 Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

4 For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'

5 But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "And"