Job 11:5

If only God would speak up and tell you directly,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’

6because then he would explain to you the secrets of wisdom. True wisdom has many sides to it. God's treatment of you is far better than your guilt deserves.

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Cross References

Job 31:35Why won't anyone listen to what I'm saying! I'm signing my name to endorse everything I've said. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write down what he is charging me with.

Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,

Job 40:8Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?

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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