Job 20:3
I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, 1 but a spirit from my understanding answers me. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
2“My thoughts make me answer quickly 1 because of the worry that is in me. 1
4Do you not know this fact from ancient times, 1 when God placed man on earth: 1
Cross References
Job 19:3These ten times you have reproached me; 1 you are not ashamed that you have treated me harshly. 1
Job 20:2“My thoughts make me answer quickly 1 because of the worry that is in me. 1
Job 33:3My words come from the uprightness of my heart; 1 my lips speak pure knowledge. 1
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; 1 I will sing about hidden things about the past. 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 →