Job 20:3
What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
In Context
2“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!
4Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
Cross References
Job 19:3Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
Job 20:2“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!
Job 33:3My words come from my upright heart; my lips speak sincerely of what I know.
Psalms 78:2I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →