Job 40:5
Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; 1 yea, shtayim (twice), but I will proceed no further. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
4See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? 1 I will lay mine yad upon my mouth. 1
6Then answered Hashem unto Iyov out of the whirlwind, and said, 1
Cross References
Job 9:3If he will contend with Him, 1 once of a thousand can Man not answer G-d back. 1
Job 33:14For El speaketh once, 1 yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 1
Psalms 62:11Trust not in oshek (oppression, extortion) 1 and become not vain in gazel (the thing taken as plunder); 1 if riches increase, 1 set not your lev upon them. 1
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Gezetz (Law) says, it says to those under the Gezetz, in order that every mouth might be stopped and kol HaOlam Hazeh become ashem (guilty) and liable to the Mishpat Hashem. + 3:19 Ps 1:5
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 →