Job 20:3
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
4Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
Cross References
Job 19:3These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
Job 20:2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
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 →