Job 20:3
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
World English 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“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
Cross References
Job 19:3You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.
Job 20:2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Job 33:3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings 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 →