Job 20:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.”
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““So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
- Job 13:19Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
- Job 20:3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
- Job 32:13So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Psalms 39:2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 29:20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- Mark 6:25At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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