Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, 1 and ba'avur (because of [this]) I make haste. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
In Context
1Then answered Tzophar the Na'amati, and said, 1
3I hear the musar that insults me, 1 and the ruach of my understanding causeth me to answer. 1
Cross References
Job 4:2If we attempt a davar with thee, wilt thou be offended? 1 But who can withhold himself from speaking? 1
Job 20:3I hear the musar that insults me, 1 and the ruach of my understanding causeth me to answer. 1
Psalms 31:22Baruch Hashem! For He hath showed me 1 His wondrous chesed in an Ir Matzor (besieged city). 1
Psalms 116:11I said in my chafaz (haste, alarm, consternation), 1 Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men are liars). 1
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou an ish that is hasty in his devarim? 1 There is more tikvah for a kesil (fool) than for him. 1
Jeremiah 20:9Then I said: I will not make mention of Him, 1 nor speak any more in Shmo. 1 But His word was in Mine lev as a burning eish 1 shut up in my atzmot, 1 and I was weary of holding back, 1 and I could not. 1
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 →