Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
New American Standard Bible
Even because of my
King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Holman Bible
because I am upset!
International Standard Version
"Therefore my anxious thoughts cause me to answer because I'm agitated within me.
A Conservative Version
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, even because 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.
Amplified
“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer,
Because of the uneasiness that is within me.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.
Julia Smith Translation
For this my thoughts will turn back, and because of my haste in me.
King James 2000
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back {for the sake of} my inward excitement.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste in me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For the same cause do my thoughts compel me to answer. And why? My mind is tossed here and there.
NET Bible
"This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back -- because of my feelings within me.
New Heart English Bible
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
The Emphasized Bible
Not so, do my thoughts answer me, and to this end, is my haste within me:
Webster
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
World English Bible
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's Second Speech
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me. 3 I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
Names
Cross References
Job 4:2
If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Job 13:19
Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
Job 20:3
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
Job 32:13-20
That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.
Psalm 31:22
As for me, 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.
Psalm 39:2-3
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 29:20
Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.
Mark 6:25
And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
Romans 10:2
For I bear them witness that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
James 1:19
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;