Job 11:5

Yet I wish that God would speak with you, and would open his lips to you,

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In The King James Version

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

In Context

4For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.”

6so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.

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Cross References

Job 31:35then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,

Job 38:1But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:

Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

Matthew Henry on Job 11:2-7

The Address of Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know… Read the whole commentary →

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