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Job 40:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Job 40:5

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

6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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From This Chapter

Job 40:1

"Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,"

Job 40:2

"Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it."

Job 40:3

"Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"

Job 40:4

"Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth."

Job 40:6

"Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,"

Job 40:7

"Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."

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