KJVI have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XX. One would have thought that such an excellent confession of faith as Job made, in the close of the foregoing chapter, would satisfy his friends, or at least mollify them; but they do not seem to have taken any notice of it, and therefore Zophar…