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 and said: “In truth, my troubled thoughts urge me to answer because of my feelings within me. 3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to reply. 4Do you not know that it has been from old, since mankind was put on 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 20:3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to reply.
• Job 4:2“If one attempts a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
• Job 13:19Who will contend with me? If so, I will be silent and die.
• Job 32:13Lest you should say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not man!’
• Psalms 39:2I said: “I will guard my ways, so I will not sin with my tongue. I will muzzle my mouth while the wicked are before me.”
• Jeremiah 20:9But if I say: “I won’t mention Him, or speak any more in His Name,” then it is like fire burning in my heart— shut up in my bones— I weary myself holding it in, but I cannot.
• Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but not based on knowledge.
• Psalms 31:22Blessed be Adonai, for He has shown me His wonderful love in a besieged city.
• Psalms 116:11even when I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
• Proverbs 14:29One who is slow to anger shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one exalts folly.
• Proverbs 29:20Do you see someone hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.
• Mark 6:25Immediately she rushed to the king and requested, “I want you to give me, right now, the head of John the Immerser on a platter!”
• James 1:19Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, 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