Zophar
Americannoun
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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
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It is impossible to understand this as referring to a skin-disease, or even to the contradictions of Job's companions, Zophar, Bildad, etc.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius
To take an example, Job does not appear to have regarded Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar as bores.
From The Perfect Gentleman by Bergengren, Ralph
The friends of Job in the main represent this doctrine, Eliphaz appealing to revelation, Bildad to tradition, and Zophar to common sense.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar
Zophar repeats the old doctrine of the doom of the wicked, xxvii. 7-23.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar
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