Job 20:3 “I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a…”

Job 20:3

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

World English Bible

I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

American Standard Version

I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.

Darby Translation

I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.

Young's Literal Translation

The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

Bible in Basic English

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

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Cross references

“the check”

Job 19:29

Job 19:29 · BSB

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

“the spirit”

Job 33:3 Job 20:2 Job 27:11 Psalm 49:3 Psalm 78:2–5

Job 33:3 · BSB

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

Job 20:2 · BSB

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

Job 27:11 · BSB

I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

Psalm 49:3 · BSB

My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

Psalm 78:2–5 · BSB

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Also

Job 19:3

Job 19:3 · BSB

Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

4Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

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