Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
KJV
Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.
Vulgate
Οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα· καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ.
LXX
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
ASV
לָ֭/כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣/י יְשִׁיב֑וּ/נִי וּ֝/בַ/עֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁ/י בִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה
h
verb · 18×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
סְּעִפִּים֒
s'pym
noun · 3×
עֲב֖וּר
'bvr
noun · 49×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 32:20 — I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
- Prov 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Ps 31:22 — For 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.