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 answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Job 20:2 word by word

לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• 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 20:3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
• Job 4:2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
• Job 13:19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
• Job 32:13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
• Psalms 39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
• Jeremiah 20:9Then 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.
• Romans 10:2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
• Psalms 31:22For 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.
• Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Mark 6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
• James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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