The Meaning of Job 20:3 Explained

Job 20:3

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

YLT: The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

Darby: I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.

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

Discover Job 20:3

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 20:3?

MEANING: What does Job 20:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 20:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 20:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 20:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 20:1-29 - "the Triumphing Of The Wicked"
Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which Job had just administered, Job 19:28-29, has vexed him, so that he speaks with impatience.
The theme of Zophar's speech is the brevity of the prosperity of the wicked. He claims that this is an acknowledged principle, Job 20:4; then proceeds to show it by many striking metaphors.
Hypocrite, Job 20:5, is "godless" in the r.v.; and in describing the prosperity and speedy destruction of such, Job 20:5-11, he manifestly applies his words to Job. He refuses to pay any heed to Job's protestations of innocence. His theology was: God is righteous; he blesses and prospers the good, and destroys the wicked. Job was being destroyed; therefore Job was wicked. Thus often do we in our ignorance misunderstand God and cruelly misjudge man.
Zophar descends to more particulars. He describes the pleasure which the ungodly has in sin, Job 20:12-13; how his sin becomes his punishment, Job 20:14-22; and how terrible destruction at last visits him, Job 20:23-28, as his portion from God, Job 20:29. Though in all this Zophar was wrong in applying it to Job's case, and equally wrong in supposing that this life is the place of judgment for the wicked, yet it is important to remember that he was right in seeing a very real connection between sin and punishment. However sweet sin may be to the taste, it is sure to become bitter as the gall of asps ere long. The "pleasures of sin" are but for a season. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 20

1  Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 20:3 mean?

The rebuke that reproaches me I have heard and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer
מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי

מוּסַ֣ר  The  rebuke 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מוּסָר  
Sense: discipline, chastening, correction.
כְּלִמָּתִ֣י  that  reproaches  me 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: כְּלִמָּה  
Sense: disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy.
אֶשְׁמָ֑ע  I  have  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְ֝ר֗וּחַ  and  the  spirit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י  of  my  understanding 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בִּינָה  
Sense: understanding, discernment.
יַעֲנֵֽנִי  causes  me  to  answer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.

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