Job 11:5

Job 11:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
• New International Version (NIV)Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
• English Standard Version (ESV)But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,

Context of Job 11:5

3Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed? 4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity! 7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

Job 11:5 word by word

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֱל֣וֹהַּ דַּבֵּ֑ר וְיִפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתָ֣יו עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Job 11:5

• Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
• Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
• Job 33:6Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.
• Job 38:1And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
• Job 40:1And Jehovah answered Job and said,
• Job 42:7And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

Commentaries on Job 11:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But O that God would speak - How little feeling, humanity, and charity is there in this prayer!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But oh that God would speak - Hebrew, “and truly, who will give that God should speak.” It is the expression of an earnest wish that God would address him, and bring him to a proper sense of his ill desert. The meaning is, that if God should speak to him he would by no means find himself so holy as he now claimed to be.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves: Zophar believed that disasters were God's punishment for sins (compare 34:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20FIRST SERIES. 2. Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Pr 10:8, 19).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 11:5

• Self-Righteousness
• Uncharitableness
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• God
• Confess
• Deserve
• Lip
• Measure
• Mock
• Suit
• Talk
• Christianity
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings