Job 20:3
Cross References

The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

Job 19:3
Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

Job 20:2
Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

the check

Job 19:29 Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

the spirit

Job 20:2 Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

Job 27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

Job 33:3 My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

Psalm 49:3 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

Psalm 78:2-5 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning. . . .

Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
2Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things. 3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,…
Lexicon
I have heard
אֶשְׁמָ֑ע (’eš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

a rebuke
מוּסַ֣ר (mū·sar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

that insults me,
כְּלִמָּתִ֣י (kə·lim·mā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

and my understanding
מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י (mib·bî·nā·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 998: An understanding

makes me reply.
יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ (ya·‘ă·nê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond


Additional Translations
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply.I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

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

I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

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

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

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

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

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