Job 20:3
I have heard my shameful rebuke; And the spirit, from my understanding, answereth for me.
Noyes Bible
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
2For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.
4Knowest thou not, that from the days of old, From the time when man was placed upon the earth,
Cross References
Job 19:3These ten times have ye reviled me; Without shame do ye stun me!
Job 20:2For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.
Job 33:3My words shall be in the uprightness of my heart; My lips shall utter knowledge purely.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
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 →