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Job 20:2
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Job 20:2
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
2Therefore doe my thoughts cause mee to answere, and for this †I make haste.
- Hebr. my haste is in me.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 20:2
Ideas, judgments, purposes, plans, reflections, or anxieties of the mind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case; as a verb, to make something happen.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A reply or response; as a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Speed or urgency in action; as a verb, to hurry or act quickly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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Open the full verse study22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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Open the full verse study9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Open the full verse study19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Open the full verse study9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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Open the full verse study19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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Open the full verse study13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
14Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
17I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
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Open the full verse study2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Open the full verse study25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
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Open the full verse study20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Open the full verse study11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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Open the full verse study2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
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Open the full verse study2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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