Job 33:14
For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In Context
13Why have you striven against Him, || When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
15In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.
Cross References
Job 4:13In thoughts from visions of the night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men,
Job 40:5I have spoken once, and I do not answer, || And twice, and I do not add.”
Psalms 62:12And with You, O Lord, [is] kindness, || For You repay to each, || According to his work!
Proverbs 1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, || And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
Matthew 13:14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah that says, With hearing you will hear, and you will not understand, and seeing you will see, and you will not perceive,
Luke 24:25And He said to them, “O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe on all that the prophets spoke!
Matthew Henry on Job 33:9-14
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. In these verses, I. Elihu… Read the whole commentary →