Job 40:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.””
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“I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 40:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:10So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
- Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 9:15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
- Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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