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Read Full Chapter (Job 20) Job 20:1-3 KJV
"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer."
Job Chapter 20, Verse 1-3
Job 20:1-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.*
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?*
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;*