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I will teach you. This is Zophar's third and last address. (1) It is required by the Structure on p. 669 to complete the symmetry of the book. (2) The sentiments of Job_27:11 -- Job_28:28 demand it, for they are the very opposite of Job's and the same as Zophar's in Job_27:13; Job_20:29. (3) If these are Job's words, then his friends had convinced him, which Elihu declares they had not done (Job_32:12). (4) The Hebrew of Job_29:1 does not mean "continued", but "added to take up his discourse", which may mean conclusion as well as continuance. (5) It marks off and separates Job_29:1 -- Job_31:40 from Job's ordinary replies. Instead of replying to Zophar, Job utters his "selfjustification" (in Job_29:1 -- Job_31:40), which corresponds with his lamentation in Job_3:1-26, and forms the conclusion as that had been the introduction, and prepares us for "the words of Job are ended" in Job_31:40. (6) Kennicott, Bernard, and Wolfsson assign a third address to Zophar.