Job 11:1-14:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 11:1-6

It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a very modest preface, Job 4:2. Bildad was a little more rough upon Job, Job 8:2. But Zophar falls upon him without mercy, and gives him very bad language: Should a man full of talk be justified? And should thy lies make men hold their peace? Isa. this the way to comfort Job? No, nor to convince him neither. Does this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1

Zophar the Naamathite - Of this man and his friends, see Job 2:11 . He is the most inveterate of Job's accusers, and generally speaks without feeling or pity. In sour godliness he excelled all the rest. This chapter and the twentieth comprehends all that he said. He was too crooked to speak much in measured verse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said (see the comment on Job 2:11 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1

Zophar, the man of the world. After the seer and the pedant comes Zophar, who poses as the man of the world. He can pretend to no supernatural illumination, neither has he any claims to put forth on the score of learning; but he thinks he knows men, he prides himself on his common sense, the ways of the world are familiar to him. Even from his low standpoint he thinks he can detect enough to condemn Job. We may see in Zophar the characteristics of a man of the world in his treatment of moral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

Zophar to Job: 1. The opinions of a dogmatist. I. ZOPHAR 'S OPINIONS CONCERNING JOB . A severe but wholly unfounded indictment. 1 . Loquacity. Job's previous orations, so full of lofty sentiment and fervent emotion, he characterizes as "a multitude of words," and Job himself as "a man full of talk [literally, 'a man of lips']." Prolixity in speech, though not a violation of God's Law, is certainly a breach of good taste. Words should never be employed except to represent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

Self-complacency condemned. Even the lowly and humble are liable to over-estimate their own goodness, and the more so if roused to self-justification. All imperfect human judgments, given as Job's were, under the influence of deep feeling, are liable to be coloured, to be overdrawn and extravagant. Job's long speech in his own justification is likened by Zophar to a torrent. Zophar, like his companions, may judge Job harshly, wherein lies his error and theirs; but his words have a vein of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent speech. He begins by accusing Job of having spoken at undue length, and at the same time, boastfully and mockingly (verses 2-4). He then expresses a wish that God would take Job at his word, and really answer him, since he is sure that the result would be to show that Job had been punished much less than he. deserved to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God. Zophar, the youngest of the friends, now comes forward once more to beat down the complaint of Job with the old arguments and commonplaces. To support his words, he does not appeal to a vision like Eliphaz, nor rely on the wisdom of the ancients like Bildad, but depends on his own understanding and zealous though narrow instinct for God. His whole speech is an example of the beauty and, at the same time, the defect of religious zeal. In... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:1

Job 11:1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite How hard is it to preserve calmness in the heat of disputation! Eliphaz began modestly: Bildad was a little rougher: but Zophar falls upon Job without mercy. “Those that have a mind to fall out with their brethren, and to fall foul upon them, find it necessary to put the worst colours they can upon them and their performances, and, right or wrong, to make them odious.” Zophar, highly provoked that Job should dare to call in question a maxim so... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 11:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 11:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:1

Group of Brands