Job 20:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. I make...: Heb. my haste is in me" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:2 — KJV
“Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. I make...: Heb. my haste is in me”
— Job 20:2 (KJV)
Job 20:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:2
“And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; faint: Heb. be tender tremble: Heb. make haste”
Shares key themes with Job 20:2: cause, make, haste
“And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets”
Shares key themes with Job 20:2: therefore, answer, make
“Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. destruction: Heb. breaking”
Shares key themes with Job 20:2: thoughts, make, haste
“For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. idols: Heb. teraphims were...: or, answered that, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 20:2: therefore, cause, answer
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. created...: Heb. created to make”
Shares key themes with Job 20:2: cause, make, heb
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