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Job 20:1-3
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Zophar’s Second Speech[a]

Chapter 20

The Joy of a Sinner Lasts Only for a Moment.

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 “The words you have spoken have caused me great distress,
    and as a result, I am forced to reply.
3 I have been outraged by your censure,
    but now a spirit beyond my understanding
    provides me with the answers to rebuke you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:1 Job’s anguished appeal does not move his friend Zophar. Zophar once more paints a picture of Job as a proud and wicked man on whom the wrath of God will soon descend.
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Job 20:1-3
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Zophar

20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
    because I am greatly disturbed.(B)
3 I hear a rebuke(C) that dishonors me,
    and my understanding inspires me to reply.

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