Job 20:2 ““So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil wi…”

Job 20:2

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

World English Bible

“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

American Standard Version

Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.

Darby Translation

Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.

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Cross references

“my thoughts”

Job 20:3 Job 4:2 Job 13:19 Job 32:13–20 Jeremiah 20:9 Romans 10:2

Job 20:3 · BSB

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Job 4:2 · BSB

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Job 13:19 · BSB

Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

Job 32:13–20 · BSB

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

Jeremiah 20:9 · BSB

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Romans 10:2 · BSB

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

“and for”

Psalm 31:22 Proverbs 14:29 Psalm 116:11 Proverbs 29:20 Ecclesiastes 7:9 Mark 6:25

Psalm 31:22 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Proverbs 14:29 · BSB

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Psalm 116:11 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

Proverbs 29:20 · BSB

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Mark 6:25 · BSB

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

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