Job 20:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³ I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ I have heard the check of my reproach, And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answers me.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

Common English Bible

³ I hear teaching that insults me, but I am forced to answer based on my own understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The teaching you use to admonish me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear: and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

Job 20:3 Cross References

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.

Job 19:3

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Job 20:2

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Job 27:11

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 33:3

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

Psalm 49:3

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