Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
New American Standard Bible
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
King James Version
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Holman Bible
but a person may not notice it.
International Standard Version
"God speaks time and time again but nobody notices
A Conservative Version
For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.
American Standard Version
For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.
Amplified
“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].
Bible in Basic English
For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:
Darby Translation
For God speaketh once, and twice, and man perceiveth it not --
Julia Smith Translation
For God will speak at once, and at a second time, and he shall not regard it.
King James 2000
For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.
Modern King James verseion
For God speaks once, yea, twice, but not one takes notice.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when God doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right.
NET Bible
"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.
New Heart English Bible
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
The Emphasized Bible
For, in one way, GOD may speak, - and, in a second way, one may not heed it: -
Webster
For God speaketh once, yes twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
World English Bible
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
Themes
Hearing » The lord opening ears
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 33:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job
13 Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not? 14 For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.) 15 In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
Cross References
Psalm 62:11
Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That 'strength is with God.'
Job 40:5
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
2 Chronicles 33:10
And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Proverbs 1:29
Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
Isaiah 6:9
And He saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
Mark 8:17-18
And Jesus having known, saith to them, 'Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?
Luke 24:25
And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!
John 3:19
'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
Job 33:29
Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,
Matthew 13:14
and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,