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;
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!

Context of Job 11:5

3Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? 4You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’ Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you 6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin. 7“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butאוּלָם'ûlâm · butH199
• oh thatנָתַןnâthan · to give: if only!H5414
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• would speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• his lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Job 11:5

• Job 23:3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
• Job 31:35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
• Job 33:6I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay.
• Job 38:1Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
• Job 40:1The Lord said to Job:
• Job 42:7After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

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