Zophar

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In the Book of Job, 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. Zophar suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment.

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