Job 20:3

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

I hear the discipline of my shame, || And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer:

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

Παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι, καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 33:3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
• Job 19:29then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
• Job 19:3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
• Psalms 78:2–5I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next…
• Job 20:2“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
• Psalms 49:3My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
• Job 27:11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

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