Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the friends of job who visits to comfort him during his illness”. Today it says “one of the three friends of job who visit him during his illness in the book of job”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Biblical figure, an associate of Job”. It now reads “Biblical figure, an associate of Job Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397”.
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Zophar or Tzófar ( צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Ẓófar , Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar ) is one of the friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness.1 Zophar suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment. See also Zophar's Domain and Brad Levicoff . v t e2
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In the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Book of Job , Zophar or Tzofar ( צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Ẓofar , Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar ) the Naamathite is one of the friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness.His comments can be found in chapters 11 and 20.He suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment, and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin.
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Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397 . In the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Book of Job , Zophar or Tzofar ( צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Tsofar , Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar ) the Naamathite is one of the three friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness. His comments can be found in Job chapter 11 and 20 . He suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment, and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin.
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Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397 In the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Book of Job (c. 6th century BCE?), Zophar (Hebrew: צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Tsofar , Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar ; also Tzofar ) the Naamathite is one of the three friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness. His comments can be found in Job chapter 11 and 20 . He suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment, and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin.
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Biblical figure, an associate of Job For other uses, see Zophar (disambiguation) . Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397 In the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Book of Job (c. 6th century BCE?), Zophar ( Ṣōp̄ar , "chirping; rising early"; also Tzofar ) the Naamathite is one of the three friends of Job who visit to comfort him during his illness. His comments can be found in Job 11:1–20 and Job 20:1–29 . He suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment , and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin. "Naamathite" (na'-a-ma-thit) is a Gentile name, suggesting he was from a city called Naamah, perhaps in Arabia .
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Biblical figure, an associate of Job For other uses, see Zophar (disambiguation) . Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397 Zophar ( Hebrew : צוֹפַר Ṣōp̄ar , "chirping"; "rising early"; also Tzofar ) the Naamathite is one of the three friends of Job who visit him during his illness in the Book of Job ( c. 6th century BCE? ), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament . "Naamathite" (na'-a-ma-thit) is a Gentile name, suggesting he was from a city called Naamah, perhaps in Arabia . Zophar's comments can be found in Job 11:1–20 and Job 20:1–29 . He suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment , and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the friends of job who visits to comfort him during his illness”. Today it says “one of the three friends of job who visit him during his illness in the book of job”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Biblical figure, an associate of Job”. It now reads “Biblical figure, an associate of Job Illustration of Job and his friends from the Kiev Psalter of 1397”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the friends of job who visits to comfort him during his illness
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one of the three friends of job who visit him during his illness in the book of job
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