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Job 20:3
3I have heard the reproof which insults me, But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
Job 20:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
- New International Version (NIV)I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
Context of Job 20:3
1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, 2“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer, Because of the uneasiness that is within me. I have heard the reproof which insults me, But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. 4Do you not know this from the old days, Since the time that man was placed on the earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
Read all of Job 20Job 20:3 word by word
מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 20:3
- Job 19:29Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance] for yourselves, For wrathful are the punishments of that sword, So that you may know there is judgment.”
- Job 20:2“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer, Because of the uneasiness that is within me.
- Job 27:11I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God; I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].
- Job 33:3My words will express the uprightness of my heart, And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.
- Psalms 49:3My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples]; I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
Commentaries on Job 20:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I have heard the check of my reproach - Some suppose that Zophar quotes the words of Job, and that some words should be supplied to indicate this meaning; e.g., "I have heard (sayest thou) the check or charge of my reproach?" Or it may refer to what Job says of Zophar and his companions, Job 19:2, Job 19:3; : How long will ye vex may soul - these ten times have ye reproached me. Zophar therefore assumes his old ground, and retracts nothing of what he had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I have heard the check of my reproach - I have heard your violent and severe language reproaching us. Probably he refers to what Job had said in the close of his speech Job 19:29, that they had occasion to dread the wrath of God, and that they might anticipate heavy judgments as the result of their opinions. Or it may be, as Schultens supposes, that he refers to what Job said in Job 19:2, and the rebuke that he had administered there. Or possibly, and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. check of my reproach--that is, the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, "shame") to me. spirit of ... understanding--my rational spirit; answering to "calm thoughts" (Job 20:2). In spite of thy reproach urging me to "hastiness." I will answer in calm reason.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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