Job 20:2

Job 20:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
• New International Version (NIV)“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.

Context of Job 20:2

1Then Zophar replied to Job. This is what he said: ‘I am very upset by the things that you have said. So I must say more to answer you. 3You have said things that insult me. But now I know how to reply to you. 4I am sure that you know this fact. It has been true from long ago, since people first lived on the earth.

Job 20:2 word by word

לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore do my thoughtsשְׂעִפִּיםsâ‛iph ώâ‛iph · disquietingsH5587
• cause me to answerשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• I make hasteחוּשׁchûsh · to hastenH2363

Cross-references for Job 20:2

• Job 20:3You have said things that insult me. But now I know how to reply to you.
• Job 4:2‘Please be patient and listen to what I say. Allow me to speak, because I cannot remain quiet.
• Job 13:19Nobody can show that I have done wrong things. If anyone can do that, I will be quiet. I will be ready to die.
• Job 32:13So do not say, “We are wise.” Do not say, “God must show Job that he is wrong. People cannot do that.”
• Psalms 39:2So I did not speak a word, even about good things. That made me very upset.
• Jeremiah 20:9Sometimes I think, ‘I will say nothing about the Lord or his message.’ But then his message burns like a fire inside me. It gives me pain in my mind and my body. I cannot keep his message to myself. I have to speak it.
• Romans 10:2I can say this about them: They really want to serve God well. But they do not understand the right way to do this.
• Psalms 31:22When I was afraid, I said, ‘God is no longer with me!’ But I spoke too soon. When I called to you for help, you heard me and you answered me.
• Psalms 116:11I was confused and I said, ‘Everybody tells lies.’
• Proverbs 14:29A patient man shows that he understands what is right. But someone who quickly becomes angry shows that he is foolish.
• Proverbs 29:20Do you know anyone who speaks before he thinks? A foolish person is more likely to become wise than that person.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Control your angry thoughts. Only fools allow their anger to continue.
• Mark 6:25The girl went quickly to Herod and she said to him, ‘I want the head of John the Baptist. Put it on a plate! Do it now!’
• James 1:19Understand this, my Christian friends: We must all be careful to listen. We should not be too quick to speak. We should not get angry quickly.

Commentaries on Job 20:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Therefore do my thoughts - It has already been observed that Zophar was the most inveterate of all Job's enemies, for we really must cease to call them friends. He sets no bounds to his invective, and outrages every rule of charity. A man of such a bitter spirit must have been, in general, very unhappy. With him Job is, by insinuation, every thing that is base, vile, and hypocritical. Mr. Good translates this verse thus: "Whither would my tumult transport…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Therefore - לכן lākên “certainly, truly.” In view of what has been just said. Or perhaps the word means merely certainly, truly. Do my thoughts cause me to answer - This is variously rendered. The Vulgate renders it, Idcirco cogitationes meae variae succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur - “Therefore my various thoughts follow in succession, and the mind is distracted.” The Septuagint, “I did not suppose that thou wouldst speak against these things…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29SECOND SERIES. 2. Therefore--Rather, the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more for that very reason shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, "Notwithstanding; my calm thoughts (as in Job 4:13) shall furnish my answer, because of the excitement (haste) within me" [Umbreit].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Haste
• Reason; Reasonable; Reasoning
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings