🌪️WEB · Job 20:2

What does Job 20:2 mean?

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

— Job 20:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

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

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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

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Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

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that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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