Job 20:2
For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
In Context
1Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
Cross References
Job 4:2If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?
Job 20:3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
Psalms 31:22\31:21\May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
Psalms 116:11Though I said in my fear, All men are false.
Proverbs 29:20Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
Jeremiah 20:9And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →