Job 20:2
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
In Context
1And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
3The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Cross References
Job 4:2Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
Job 20:3The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Psalms 31:22And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, 'Every man [is] a liar.'
Proverbs 29:20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Jeremiah 20:9And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.
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 →