Who is he who would strive with me? For then I would keep silent and die.
Job 20:2 - The Scriptures 2009 “Truly, my thoughts make me respond, even because of my haste within me. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, And for this I make haste. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and I make haste [to offer it] for this reason. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. Common English Bible Therefore, my troubled thoughts make me turn back— because of my inner turmoil. Catholic Public Domain Version In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind moves quickly through different ideas. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things. |
Who is he who would strive with me? For then I would keep silent and die.
I have listened to the reproof which insults me, and the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
“If one tries a word with you, would you become impatient? But who is able to withhold himself from speaking?
And I, I have said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes,” Yet You heard the voice of my prayers When I cried out to You.
He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.
Have you seen a man hasty in his words? There is more expectancy for a fool than for him.
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of fools.
Whenever I said, “Let me not mention Him, nor speak in His Name again,” it was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones. And I became weary of holding it back, and was helpless.
And coming in immediately with haste to the sovereign she asked, saying, “I wish that you give me at once the head of Yoḥanan the Immerser on a dish.”
For I bear them witness that they have an ardour for Elohim, but not according to knowledge.
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,