New King James Version
Job 40:5
5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Job 40:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
- New International Version (NIV)I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."
- New Living Translation (NLT)I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say.”
Context of Job 40:5
3Then Job answered the Lord and said: 4“Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” 6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: 7“Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
Read all of Job 40Job 40:5 word by word
אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אוֹסִֽיף׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 40:5
- Job 34:31“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Job 33:14For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.
- 2 Kings 6:10Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice.
- Psalms 62:11God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.
- Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God.
Commentaries on Job 40:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Once have I spoken - See on Job 42:3; (note), etc. I will proceed no farther - I shall attempt to justify myself no longer; I have spoken repeatedly; and am confounded at my want of respect for my Maker, and at the high thoughts which I have entertained of my own righteousness. All is impurity in the presence of thy Majesty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Once have I spoken - That is, in vindicating myself. He had once spoken of God in an irreverent and improper manner, and he now saw it. But I will not answer - I will not now answer, as I had expressed the wish to do. Job now saw that he had spoken in an improper manner, and he says that he would not repeat what he had said. Yea, twice - He had not only offended once, as if in a thoughtless and hasty manner, but he had repeated it, showing deliberation…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5I have nothing to add: He had no more accusations against God and would not argue again.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Once ... twice--oftentimes, more than once (Job 33:14, compare with Job 33:29; Psa 62:11): I have spoken--namely, against God. not answer--not plead against Thee.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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