Job 20:2-3 - Compare All Versions

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“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed. I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

“Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.

“I must reply because I am greatly disturbed. I’ve had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply.

This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset!  I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding  makes me reply.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, And for this I make haste. I have heard the check of my reproach, And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me. I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

Zophar from Naamath again took his turn: “I can’t believe what I’m hearing! You’ve put my teeth on edge, my stomach in a knot. How dare you insult my intelligence like this! Well, here’s a piece of my mind!

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. “I listened to the reprimand which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer, Because of the uneasiness that is within me. “I have heard the reproof which insults me, But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back – because of my feelings within me. When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.