Job 40:5

Once... twice. Hebrew idiom (App-6) for doing. thing repeatedly. Compare Psalms 62:11.

but. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, omit "but".

Related Commentaries of Job 40:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Once 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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Divine Irony. The passage opens with a challenge to Job ( Job 40:2 ) in which God drives home the lesson of the previous speech. Job 40:1 is w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Once have I spoken - See on Job 42:3 (note), etc. I will pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Once ... twice - oftentimes, more than once ( Job 33:14...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A short dialogue between the Almighty and Job, ending in the latter's confession and submission.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hast Thou an Arm like God?” Job 40:1-24 God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There is a pause in the unveiling as Jehovah speaks directly to His servant and asks for an answer to the things that He has said. The answer is full...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) Then Job answered the LORD, and said, (4) Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. (5) Once have I spoken...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer ,.... Some think this refers to what he had just now said of his vileness, he had owned that, and that was...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Ver. 5. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer ] It is en...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Job answered Job, whose confusion had made him silent, at length answered with great humility, and said, Behold I am vile I am a mean, sinfu...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GOD'S CHALLENGE AND JOB'S RESPONSE (vv.1-5) Job had said that if God would only listen to him, he would present his whole case in showing how Go...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Humble Submission. B. C. 1520. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will not answer, or speak again ; answering being oft put for speaking. I will contend no more with thee. Yea, twice, i.e. ofttimes, or again...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 40:15 . “ Behold turn behemoth .” Various opinions as to what is meant by the term “behemoth.” According to GESENIUS, בְּהֵמוֹת ( behem...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:4 . Behold, I am vile. Job boldly answered his friends; but when the Lord speaks, he lays his mouth in the dust. Job 40:15 . Behold now...
The Biblical Illustrator

Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said. Jehovah’s answer Its language has reached, at times, the “high-water mark” of poetry and beauty. Not...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 40:1-18 Between the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself ( Job...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Retracts His Charges
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Once have I spoken, in making his challenge against God; but I will not answer, not making another attempt to censure the Lord; yea, twice, refer...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 6:10 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; Jeremiah 31:19 ; Job 33:14 ; Job 34:31 ; Job 34:32 ; Psalms 62:11 ; Romans 3:19
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Related Commentaries of Job 40:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 40:5