Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations 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 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.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's Second Speech
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- 2 Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me. 3 The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Names
Cross References
Job 4:2
Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
Job 13:19
Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
Job 20:3
The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Job 32:13-20
Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.
Psalm 31:22
And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Psalm 39:2-3
I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, 'Every man is a liar.'
Proverbs 14:29
Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Proverbs 29:20
Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.
Mark 6:25
and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'
Romans 10:2
for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
James 1:19
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,