Job 20:2
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Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

Job 20:1
Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

Job 20:3
The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

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Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

my thoughts

Job 20:3 The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

Job 4:2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

Job 13:19 Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?

Job 32:13-20 Lest you should say: We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man. . . .

Psalm 39:2,3 I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed. . . .

Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.

Romans 10:2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

and for

Psalm 31:22 But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

Psalm 116:11 I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

Proverbs 14:29 He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 29:20 Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Mark 6:25 And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

James 1:19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

I make haste.

Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
1Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said: 2Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.…
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“For this reason
לָ֭כֵן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

my anxious thoughts
שְׂעִפַּ֣י (śə·‘ip·pay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5587: Divided, a sentiment

compel me to answer,
יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי (yə·šî·ḇū·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

because
וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר (ū·ḇa·‘ă·ḇūr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that

of the turmoil
ח֣וּשִׁי (ḥū·šî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2363: To hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoyment

within me.
בִֽי׃ (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
“For this reason my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

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

I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.

Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.

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

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

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

Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
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