I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 20:3 in context
Job 20:1–6
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
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“Therefore my thoughts answer me,
even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
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Don’t you know this from old time,
since man was placed on earth,
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that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
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