Zophar Speaks

20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,
because I am upset![a]
I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding[b] makes me reply.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 Lit because of my feeling within me
  2. 20:3 Lit and a spirit from my understanding

Zophar Says the Rejoicing of the Wicked Is Short

20 Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me [a]respond,
Even because of my [b]inward agitation.
I listened to (A)the reprimand which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:2 Lit return
  2. Job 20:2 Lit haste within me