Job 40:5
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
6Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Cross References
Job 9:3If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 33:14For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Romans 3:19Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:2-6
Job's Humble Submission. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Here is, I. A humbling challenge which God gave to Job. After he had heaped up many hard questions upon him, to show him,… Read the whole commentary →