Zophar

Zophar arrived with Eliphaz and Bildad after hearing of Job's calamities. The three initially sat silently with Job for seven days. In the dialogues Zophar spoke more sharply than the others, insisting that God's wisdom exceeded Job's understanding and urging Job to put away sin so that security might return. In his second speech he emphasized the short-lived triumph of the wicked. Unlike Eliphaz and Bildad, Zophar has no third recorded speech. At the book's conclusion, God specifically rebuked Eliphaz and his two friends for not speaking rightly about Him as Job had, and Job interceded for them.