Zophar’s Sermon on the Wicked Man

20 Then (A)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
I have heard the rebuke [a]that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 20:3 Lit. of my insulting correction

Zophar’s Second Speech

20 Then[a] Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back
for the sake of[b] my inward excitement.[c]
I hear discipline that insults me,
and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 20:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 20:2 Literally “and in because of”
  3. Job 20:2 Or “my inward haste”