Job 40:5

³ Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴ “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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

⁶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

⁷ “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY: Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
BLB: Once I have spoken, and I will not answer—and twice, and I will not add.”

ÅB: En gang har jeg talt, men jeg tar ikke mere til orde - ja to ganger, men jeg gjør det ikke mere.
[^1]: d.e. tvinge den til å følge plogfuren.
OTB: Jeg har talt én gang, og jeg vil ikke svare;
to ganger, og jeg vil ikke legge noe til.”
B1930: En gang har jeg talt, men jeg tar ikke mere til orde - ja to ganger, men jeg gjør det ikke mere.

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