Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.In other versions
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
ASV
I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
BBE
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
DBY
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.
WEB
The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
YLT
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
ENG
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
WBT
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
BSB
In context
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?