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Job 33:14
For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job regarding his complaint that God ignores his petitions, immediately before describing how divine communication occurs during deep sleep.
The words — אֵל ('El) = God; יְדַבֵּר (ye.dabber) = he speaks; לֹא (lo') = not; יְשׁוּרֶנָּה (ye.shurennah) = anyone perceives.
The thread — This theme of unheeded divine speech appears in Proverbs 1:24, 2 Chronicles 33:10, and Psalms 62:11.
Why it lands — The text states that God communicates through multiple modes, yet human attention often fails to register them. It demands that the reader acknowledge divine initiative rather than assume silence means absence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- 2 Chronicles 33:10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- Psalms 62:11 God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Job 33:29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
- Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- Isaiah 6:9 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Matthew 13:14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- Proverbs 1:29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- Mark 8:17 Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?