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Job 20:3 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Job 20:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 20 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.”
Job 20:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach (מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע, musar kelimati eshma')—The word מוּסַר (musar) means 'discipline, correction, reproof,' but here 'check' in the sense of 'rebuke.' Zophar claims to have heard כְּלִמָּה (kelimah, 'reproach, insult, shame'). He takes Job's critique of the friends' counsel (ch. 16-17) as personal affront.And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer (וְרוּחַ מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי, veruach mibinati ya'aneni)—Zophar appeals to רוּחַ (ruach, 'spirit/wind') and בִּינָה (binah, 'understanding, discernment'). Ironically, he claims spiritual ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 20:3
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“My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.”
“My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.”
“I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.”
“for wrath brings the punishments of the sword”
“These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.”