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Job 20:2-4
Lexham English Bible
Job 20:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 “Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back
for the sake of[a] my inward excitement.[b]
3 I hear discipline that insults me,
and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.
4 “Did you[c] know this from of old,
since the setting of the human being on earth,
Job 20:2-4
King James Version
Job 20:2-4
King James Version
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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Job 20:2-4
New King James Version
Job 20:2-4
New King James Version
2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
3 I have heard the rebuke [a]that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4 “Do you not know this of (A)old,
Since man was placed on earth,
Footnotes
- Job 20:3 Lit. of my insulting correction
Job 20:2-4
New International Version
Job 20:2-4
New International Version
Footnotes
- Job 20:4 Or Adam
Job 20:2-4
English Standard Version
Job 20:2-4
English Standard Version
2 “Therefore my (A)thoughts answer me,
because of my haste within me.
3 I hear censure that insults me,
and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
4 Do you not know this from of old,
(B)since man was placed on earth,
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