14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
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Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded he dealt with him as his enemy. “No,” says Elihu, “he speaks to you, but you do not perceive him; so that the fault is yours, not his; and he is designing your real good even in those dispensations which you put this harsh construction upon.” Observe in general, 1. What…
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