Job 20:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ I hear censure that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.

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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.

Job 20:3 Cross References

Job 33:3

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

Psalm 49:3

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

Job 27:11

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

Job 20:2

“Listen! My thoughts urge me to answer because of the agitation within me.

Job 19:29

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Job 19:3

These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me?