Parallel Verses
Amplified
“But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips [to speak] against you,
New American Standard Bible
And open His lips against you,
King James Version
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Holman Bible
and declare His case
International Standard Version
"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,
A Conservative Version
But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,
American Standard Version
But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,
Bible in Basic English
But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
Darby Translation
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Julia Smith Translation
And who Will give God speaking, and he will open his lips with thee?
King James 2000
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,
Modern King James verseion
But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,
NET Bible
But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,
New Heart English Bible
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
The Emphasized Bible
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
Webster
But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
World English Bible
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
Youngs Literal Translation
And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
Interlinear
'uwlam
Nathan
Dabar
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zophar's First Response To Job
4
“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
“But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips [to speak] against you,
And [that He would] show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom
Know therefore that God forgets a part of your wickedness and guilt.
Names
Cross References
Job 23:3-7
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Job 31:35
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
Job 33:6-18
“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.
Job 38:1-2
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Job 40:1-5
Then the Lord said to Job,
Job 40:8
“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
Job 42:7
It came about that after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.