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Job 11:5 KJV
Job · chapter 11 · verse 5
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;Job 11:5 · King James Version
Job 11:5 in context
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- openpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- Godʼĕlôwahha deity or the DeityH433 →
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It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a very modest preface, Job 4:2. Bildad was a little more rough upon Job, Job 8:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6