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Job 20:2–3

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2This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,

because I am upset!G

3I have heard a rebuke that insults me,

and my understandingH makes me reply.j

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Footnotes

  1. G because of my feeling within me
  2. H and a spirit from my understanding

Cross references

  1. jJb 19:3; 32:18; Ac 2:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I must reply

because I am greatly disturbed.

I’ve had to endure your insults,

but now my spirit prompts me to reply.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back

for the sake of my inward excitement.

I hear discipline that insults me,

and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.