Job 20:2
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. | “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me. | Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to therefore | לָ֭כֵן | LA-khen | H3651C | rightכֵּן (ken) adv adj 1) right, just, honest, true, veritable 1a) right, just, honest 1b) correct 1c) true, veritable |
| disquieting thoughts my | שְׂעִפַּ֣י | se-'i-PAI | H5587B | disquietingsשְׂעִפִּים (se.i.pim) disquietings |
| they make respond me | יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי | ye-shi-VU-ni | H7725M | to return: returnשׁוּב (shuv) : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) … |
| and in order | וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר | u-va-'a-VUR | H5668 | for the sake ofעָבוּר (a.vur) prep 1) for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to conj 2) in order that |
| to agitate I | ח֣וּשִׁי | CHU-shi | H2363A | to hastenחוּשׁ (chush) 1) to haste, make haste, hurry 1a) (Qal) to make haste 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.