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Job 11:5

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11:5But if only God would speak,11

if only he would open his lips against you,12

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Footnotes

  1. 11 The wish formula מִי־יִתֵּן (mi yitten, “who will give”; see §151.b) is followed here by an infinitive (Exod 16:3; 2 Sam 19:1).
  2. 12 Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But oh, that God would speak

and open his lips to you,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Oh, how I wish that God would speak,

that he would open his lips against you

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But if only God would speak

and open his lips against you!

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

If only God would speak;

if only he would tell you what he thinks!

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But, O that God might speak,

and that he would open his lips to you,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

But oh that God would speak,

And open his lips against thee;

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