Job 11:5

And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

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Cross References

Job 31:35Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

Job 38:1And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

Job 40:8Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

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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