Job 40:5

In 11 translations

BSB

I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”

KJV

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

WEB

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

ASV

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

LSV

I have spoken once, and I do not answer, || And twice, and I do not add.”

YLT

Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

DBY

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

DRC39:35

One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.

GNV39:38

Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.

JPS

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

LXXE

I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אוֹסִֽיף׃

LXX-Br

Ἅπαξ λελάληκα, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
• Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
• 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 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
• Jeremiah 31:18–19I 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. After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I…
• 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.
• 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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