What does Job 20:3 mean?

Job 20:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 20:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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