Job 40:5
Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
6Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
Cross References
Job 9:3If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
Job 33:14For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.
Psalms 62:11God spake once or twise, I haue heard it, that power belongeth vnto God,
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of 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 →