Verse 5
Job 11:5
Literal Standard Version
5
And yet, O that God (Elohim) had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ/אוּלָ֗ם מִֽי יִתֵּ֣ן אֱל֣וֹהַּ דַּבֵּ֑ר וְ/יִפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתָ֣י/ו עִמָּֽ/ךְ
English Translation
But who will give God to speak and open my lips with you?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
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And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
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“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
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Your boastings make men keep silent, || You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
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And you say, My discourse is pure, || And I have been clean in Your eyes.
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And yet, O that God (Elohim) had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
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And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God (Elohim) forgets...
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Do you find out God (Elohim) by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
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Heights of the heavens—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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Its measure is longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
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If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, || Who then reverses it?
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For He has known men of vanity, || And He sees iniquity, || And one does not consider it!
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And empty man is bold, || And man is born as the colt of a wild donkey.
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If you have prepared your heart, || And have spread out your hands to Him,
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If iniquity is in your hand, put it far off, || And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
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For then you lift up your face from blemish, || And you have been firm, and do not fear.
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For you forget misery, || As waters passed away you remember.
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And age rises above the noon, || You fly—you are as the morning.
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And you have trusted because there is hope, || And searched—in confidence you lie down,
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And you have rested, || And none is causing trembling, || And many have begged at your face;
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And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, || And refuge has perished from them, || And their hope is...
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