Job 20:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, And for this I make haste.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and I make haste [to offer it] for this reason.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

Common English Bible

² Therefore, my troubled thoughts make me turn back— because of my inner turmoil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind moves quickly through different ideas.

Job 20:2 Cross References

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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.

James 1:19

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Romans 10:2

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Mark 6:25

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

Jeremiah 20:9

And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in mine heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

Job 20:3

I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

Job 13:19

Who is he that will contend with me? For now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Job 4:2

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Job 20:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,