Bible Dictionary
CHECK
A check is a reproof or rebuke intended to restrain or shame someone. Job 20:3 refers to the reproof that answered Job’s earlier speech.
Definition
A check is a reproof, rebuke, or sharp verbal correction intended to restrain or shame. It may be spoken by an inferior to a superior or by a superior to inferiors.
Biblical Usage
In Job 20:3, the “check” is the reproof that answered Job’s preceding speech and was intended to put Zophar to shame.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>(mucar): Occurs in Job 20:3 the King James Version, "I have heard the check of my reproach" (the Revised Version (British and American) "the reproof which putteth me to shame"), i.e. a check or reproof, such as that which closes the last speech of Job (chapter 19), and intended to put Zophar to shame.</p>