33:14 “For God speaks, the first time in one way,
the second time in another,
though a person does not perceive 1 it.
40:5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer;
twice, but I will say no more.” 2
1 tn The Syriac and the Vulgate have “and he does not repeat it,” a reading of the text as it is, according to E. Dhorme (Job, 403). But his argument is based on another root with this meaning – a root which does not exist (see L. Dennefeld, RB 48 [1939]: 175). The verse is saying that God does speak to man.
2 tn Heb “I will not add.”