Job 40:5
Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honor.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4Have you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his?
6And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
Cross References
Job 9:3For if he would enter into judgment with him, God would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
Job 33:14For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,
Psalms 62:11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
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 →