🌪️WEB · Job 40:5
What does Job 40:5 mean?
"I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”"
— Job 40:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Then Job answered Yahweh,
“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
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