Zophar Speaks to Job - Then Zophar from Naamah answered Job and said, “This flood of words should be answered! Does all this talking make Job right?

Your life will be ·as bright as [brighter than] the noonday sun, and darkness will seem like morning. 18 You will ·feel safe [be secure] because there is hope;

David Guzik commentary on Job 11 describes the first speech of Zophar, who starts to criticize Job for complaining, and tells him to repent.

Chapter 11. Zophar reproves Job. (1-6) God's perfections and almighty power. (7-12) Zophar assures Job of blessings if he repented. (13-20).

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job: 2 “Shouldn't someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?

Zophar reproaches Job for his claim to innocence; in vv 7–12 he affirms the inscrutability of God; in vv 13–20 he counsels Job on the right way to behave.

(1) Zophar, the third of Job's friends, has a clearly defined character, distinct from that of the others; he is the ordinary and common-place moral man, who ...

Job 11. Zophar Rebukes Job. 1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,. 2“Shall a multitude of words not be answered? And should a talkative man [making ...

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? Should your babble silence ...

In this chapter, Job's third friend Zophar joined in the attacks that Eliphaz and Bildad had launched against Job. Of the three friends, he spoke the least, ...