Job 20:3

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

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

4 Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

WEB World English Bible: I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
KJV King James Version: I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
ASV American Standard Version: I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
DBY Darby Translation: I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
WBS Webster Bible: I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.