Devine Scripture

Job 20:2

Job chapter 20 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

Context

v.1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

v.2This passage

v.3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 39:2

    I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9

    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Job 20:3

    I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

  • Proverbs 29:20

    Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Romans 10:2

    For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  • James 1:19

    Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: