For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Parallel translations
- WEB For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
- BSB For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- NKJV For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.
- NASB “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.
- NLT For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.
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Quick answer
God answers, 'My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.' The promise of God's own presence is the heart of the assurance Moses sought.
Overview
God grants the very thing in question: His personal presence will accompany Israel. The promise of 'rest' anticipates the settled life in the land and, more deeply, the rest found in God Himself. This points forward to Christ, who offers rest to all who come to Him (Matthew 11:28) and to the eternal Sabbath rest (Hebrews 4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 1:24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- 2 Chr 33:10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
- Ps 62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
- Job 33:29Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
- Luke 24:25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
- John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- Isa 6:9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
- Matt 13:14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
- Prov 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Mark 8:17–18And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- Job 40:5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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