Job 33:14
For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In Context
13Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
15In a dream — a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
Cross References
Job 4:13In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
Job 40:5Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
Psalms 62:12And with Thee, O Lord, [is] kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!
Proverbs 1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
Matthew 13:14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
Luke 24:25And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!
Matthew Henry on Job 33:9-14
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. In these verses, I. Elihu… Read the whole commentary →