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Job 40:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Once haue I spoken, but I will not answere: yea twise, but I will proceed no further.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Once 259
{0259} Prime
אֶחָד
'echad
{ekh-awd'}
A numeral from H0258; properly united, that is, one; or (as an ordinal) first.
have I spoken; 1696
{1696} Prime
דִּבֵּר
dabar
{daw-bar'}
A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
but I will not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
answer: 6030
{6030} Prime
עָנָה
`anah
{aw-naw'}
A primitive root; properly to eye or (generally) to heed, that is, pay attention; by implication to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
yea, twice; 8147
{8147} Prime
שְׁתַּיִם
sh@nayim
{shen-ah'-yim}
(The first form being dual of H8145; the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold.
but I will proceed no further. 3254
{3254} Prime
יָסַף
yacaph
{yaw-saf'}
A primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbially to continue to do a thing).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 40:5

_ _ Once ... twice — oftentimes, more than once (Job 33:14, compare with Job 33:29; Psalms 62:11):

_ _ I have spoken — namely, against God.

_ _ not answer — not plead against Thee.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 40:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 40:5

Answer — Speak again; I will contend no more with thee. Twice — Often, the definite number being used indefinitely.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
but I will not:

Job 34:31-32 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: ... [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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.

twice:

Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not.
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.
Psalms 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.

but I will proceed:

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. ... Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
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2K 6:10. Jb 33:14; 34:31. Ps 62:11. Jr 31:18. Ro 3:19.

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