Job 40:5
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
King James Version
In Context
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Cross References
Job 9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 33:14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Psalms 62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 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 →