Job 20:3
I hear the musar that insults me, 1 and the ruach of my understanding causeth me to answer. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, 1 and ba'avur (because of [this]) I make haste. 1
4Knowest thou not this of old, 1 since adam was placed upon earth, 1
Cross References
Job 19:3These ten times have ye reproached me; 1 ye have no bushah that ye cause me astonishment. 1
Job 20:2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, 1 and ba'avur (because of [this]) I make haste. 1
Job 33:3My words shall be of my yosher lev (the uprightness of my heart), 1 and my lips shall utter da'as that is pure. 1
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a mashal; 1 I will utter dark sayings from of old, 1
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 →