Job 20:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply.
Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?
A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Do you see someone who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
I say, ‘I won’t mention him or speak any longer in his name.’ But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
At once she hurried to the king and said, ‘I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a dish immediately.’
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,