NET Bible
"When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer."
— Job 20:3, NET Bible
“I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.”
“I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. ”
“I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.”
“The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.”
“I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.”
“I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.”
Zophar’s Second Speech Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back– because of my feelings within me.
When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,