New American Standard Bible 2020
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 responded, “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. 3I listened to the reprimand which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. 4Do you know this from ancient times, From the establishment of mankind on earth,
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לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 20:2
- Job 20:3I listened to the reprimand 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 could contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
- Job 32:13So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom: God will defeat him, not man.’
- Psalms 39:2I was mute and silent, I refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.
- Jeremiah 20:9But if I say, “I will not remember Him Nor speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am tired 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 Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the sound of my pleadings When I called to You for help.
- Psalms 116:11I said in my alarm, “All people are liars.”
- Proverbs 14:29One who is slow to anger has great understanding; But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness.
- Proverbs 29:20Do you see a person who is hasty with his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be eager in your spirit to be angry, For anger resides in the heart 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 1:19You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now 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
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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
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