Job 33:14

In 11 translations

BSB

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

KJV

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

WEB

For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

ASV

For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

LSV

For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),

YLT

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

DBY

For God speaketh once, and twice, — [and man] perceiveth it not —El

DRC

God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.

GNV

For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.

JPS

For God speaketh in one way, yea in two, though man perceiveth it not.

LXXE

For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־בְאַחַ֥ת יְדַבֶּר־אֵ֑ל וּ֝בִשְׁתַּ֗יִם לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἅπαξ λαλήσαι ὁ Κύριος, ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
• 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
• Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
• Job 33:29Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
• Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
• Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
• Job 40:5I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”
• Mark 8:17–18Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not…
• Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

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