Job 20:2
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
- KJV
- Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
- WEB
- “Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
- ASV
- Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
- DARBY
- Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
- BLB
- “So my anxious thoughts make me answer, because of my urgency within me.
- ÅB
- Derfor legger mine tanker meg svaret i munnen, og derfor stormer det i meg;
- OTB
- «Mine rastløse tanker tvinger meg til å svare,
på grunn av min dype uro. - B1930
- Derfor legger mine tanker mig svaret i munnen, og derfor stormer det i mig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Read in contextProverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Read in contextJames 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Read in contextPsalms 39:2–3
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Read in contextProverbs 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Read in contextJob 32:13–20
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Read in contextJob 4:2
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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