Holy Scripture
Job 20:3
A church father on this verse
“Ver. 3. The lesson whereby thou dost reproach me I will hear; and the spirit of my understanding will answer me. 2. As though he said in plain words; 'Thy words indeed I hear, but whether they were delivered aright, I discern by the spirit of my understanding.' For they that disregard the words of the teacher, employ…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3I will hear my shameful reproach; And the spirit of my understanding answers me.
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In context
1Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said,
2I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: Neither do ye understand more than I.
— Job 20:3 —
4Hast thou not known these things of old, From the time that man was set upon the earth?
5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, And the joy of transgressors is destruction: