Parallel Verses
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 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
ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE SPEAKS:
2
Even because of my
Names
Cross References
Job 4:2
If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from talking?
Job 13:19
Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.
Job 20:3
I hear a rebuke that dishonors me. Therefore my understanding inspires me to reply.
Job 32:13-20
Yet do not say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a human.'
Psalm 31:22
When I was panic-stricken, I said: I have been cut off from your sight. But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
Psalm 39:2-3
I was silent and refrained from good. My sorrow grew worse.
Psalm 116:11
I also said when I was panic-stricken: All men are liars.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding. He who is short tempered exalts foolishness.
Proverbs 29:20
See a man quick to talk? There is more hope for a fool then for him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quick in your spirit (mind) (figurative heart) to be angry. Anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Jeremiah 20:9
But if I say: I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name, then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it.
Mark 6:25
At once she went to the king and asked: Will you give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
Romans 10:2
I testify that they have zeal for God, but not according to [precise and correct] knowledge.
James 1:19
You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.