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 the Naamathite answered, “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. 3I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. 4Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,

Job 20:2 word by word

לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• respondשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• Even becauseעָבוּר‛âbûr ‛âbûr · for the sake ofH5668
• inward agitationחוּשׁchûsh · to hastenH2363

Cross-references for Job 20:2

• Job 20:3I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
• Job 4:2“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
• Job 13:19Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
• Job 32:13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.’
• Psalms 39:2I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
• Jeremiah 20:9But if I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it.
• Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
• Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.
• Psalms 116:11I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”
• Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.
• Proverbs 29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
• Mark 6:25Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
• James 1:19This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

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