Job 40:5
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
In Context
4Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.
6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Cross References
Job 9:3If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 33:14For God speaketh once, yea twice, though man regardeth 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 speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment 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 →