Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips 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,
Amplified
“But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips [to speak] against you,
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,
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 is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.' 5 But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you, 6 and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom -- for true wisdom has two sides -- so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.
Names
Cross References
Job 23:3-7
O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
Job 31:35
"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature -- let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.
Job 33:6-18
Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.
Job 38:1-2
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Job 40:1-5
Then the Lord answered Job:
Job 40:8
Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
Job 42:7
After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.