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

Traditional belief

20 Zophar from Naamah said:

Therefore, my troubled thoughts make me turn back—
    because of my inner turmoil.
I hear teaching that insults me,
    but I am forced to answer based on my own understanding.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:3 Heb uncertain