"I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer." — Job 20:3

Job 20:3 · KJV

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

— Job 20:3

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}

Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Job 20 — Context

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}

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

Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

Cross References

Job 33:3

My words {shall be of} the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Job 20:2

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}

Job 19:3

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed {that} ye make yourselves strange to me. {make...: or, harden yourselves against me}

Job 27:11

I will teach you by the hand of God: {that} which {is} with the Almighty will I not conceal. {by...: or, being in the hand, etc}

Job 19:29

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath {bringeth} the punishments of the sword, that ye may know {there is} a judgment.

Psalms 78:2-5

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Psalms 49:3

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.