Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
In Context
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
Cross References
Job 4:2If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job 20:3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
Psalms 31:22(31-23) 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.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
Jeremiah 20:9And if I say: 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name', then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I weary myself to hold it in, but cannot.
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 →