Job 20:2

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

"Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste." - Job 20:2
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What does Job 20:2 mean?

Job 20:2 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste." This verse is part of a larger dialogue between Job and his friends, as they try to make sense of the suffering and hardship he is experiencing. The…

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Haste of the Mind: Understanding Job's Distress

The verse Job 20:2 (KJV) states, "Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste." Here, we find Zophar, one of Job's friends, speaking as he grapples with the situation surrounding Job, a man enduring immense suffering. Zophar's statement reveals…

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A Hasty Prayer for Wisdom and Reflection

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before You today, reflecting upon the profound truth found in Job 20:2, where it is written, "Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste." As we meditate on this verse, we acknowledge the weight of our thoughts and the…

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Job 20:2 - "Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste."
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Job 1:20 - "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,"
Job 20:5 - "That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"
Job 20:1 - "Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"
Job 20:20 - "Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired."
Job 28:20 - "Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?"
Job 36:20 - "Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place."
Job 20:4 - "Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,"
Job 3:2 - "And Job spake, and said,"
Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 4:20 - "They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it."
Job 3:20 - "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;"
Job 29:20 - "My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand."
Job 22:20 - "Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth."
Job 33:20 - "So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat."
Job 6:20 - "They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed."
Job 20:13 - "Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:"
Job 12:20 - "He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged."
"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said," - Job 20:1
Job 32:20 - "I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer."
Job 27:20 - "Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night."
Job 39:20 - "Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible."
Job 20:29 - "This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God."
Job 20:14 - "Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him."
Job 15:20 - "The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor."
Job 18:20 - "They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted."