Job 40:5 · KJV
“Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.”
— Job 40:5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 40 — Context
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Cross References
Psalms 62:11
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
Job 33:14
For God speaketh once, yea twice, {yet man} perceiveth it not.
Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.
Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 34:31-32
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:
2 Kings 6:10
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed {to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou {art} the LORD my God.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}