Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste in 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.
Darby Translation
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
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 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 my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste in me. 3 I have heard the rebuke meant to shame me, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
Names
Cross References
Job 4:2
Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?
Job 13:19
Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.
Job 20:3
I have heard the rebuke meant to shame me, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
Job 32:13-20
that you do not say, We have found out wisdom. God has pushed him down, not man.
Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my cries, when I cried to You.
Psalm 39:2-3
I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; and my pain was stirred.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not mention Him, nor speak in His name any more. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding in, and I could not stop.
Mark 6:25
And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I desire that you give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
Romans 10:2
For I bear record to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.