5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,


In Context

2 |Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

4 For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'

5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

7 |Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;