Job 11:5

וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ ׃

6וְיַגֶּד ־ לְךָ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה כִּֽי ־ כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי ־ יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Job 31:35מִי יִתֶּן ־ לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן ־ תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי ׃

Job 38:1וַיַּֽעַן ־ יְהוָה אֶת ־ אִיּוֹב מנ הסערה וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

Job 40:8הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק ׃

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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