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 I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed? 4You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’ If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks! 6If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve! 7“Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about 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 God, I would go to his court.
• Job 31:35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
• Job 33:6Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.
• Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
• Job 40:1Then the Lord said to Job,
• Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately 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