Job 40:5
Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
6So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:—
Cross References
Job 9:3If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:
Job 33:14For, in one way, GOD may speak,—and, in a second way, one may not heed it:—
Psalms 62:11One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, [there are] which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;
Romans 3:19Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto 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 →