Job 40:5
I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Cross References
Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held 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 →