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Zophar

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[zoh-fer] / ˈzoʊ fər /

noun

  1. a friend of Job. Job 2:11.


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MacLeish makes Zophar a broken-down priest, Eliphaz a wreck of a doctor and Bildad a soapbox-orating Communist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Zophar says that, even if the wicked have any prosperity, it is short, and the end is suffering.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

Zophar the Naamathite thought we do not always judge character correctly; that temperament and disposition must be taken into account.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Nevertheless, in spite of Bildad's lengthy rebuke, Job continues to pour out his complaint until Zophar can stand it no longer.

From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Swain, Richard la Rue

His three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, mocked him in his misery.

From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

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