The Meaning of Job 11:5 Explained

Job 11:5

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

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

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

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

Discover Job 11:5

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 11:5?

MEANING: What does Job 11:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 11:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 11:5?

What is the context of Job 11:5?

Zophar Accuses Job (Job 11:1-6)
Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse (Job 11:1-20)
Zophar Urges Job to Repent (Job 11:1-20)
Zophar Rebukes Job (Job 11:1-20)
Zophar’s First Response to Job (Job 11:1-20)
Zophar (Job 11:1-20)
Zophar Speaks (Job 11:1-20)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 11:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 11:1-20 - "canst Thou By Searching Find Out God?"

Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledge the guilt which his friends attribute to him. There is some truth in his allegations, though it was cruel to goad Job with them, notwithstanding his repeated protestations.

It is quite true that many of us are filled with self-complacency, because we judge our best by others' worst. It may be also that we have a very poor conception of what God is and asks. It is best for us to strike our breasts with the publican and to confess ourselves the chief of sinners.

What a magnificent challenge is that of Job 11:7-12! Canst thou reach God's depths, or His perfections, or His heights? But, oh my soul, remember that through all His unsearchable depths God is love. For the closing paragraph see r.v. Job had said he could not lift up his face, Job 10:15, but when sin is put away, we may exchange glances with our Father. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 11

¹ Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself
⁵ God's wisdom is unsearchable
¹³ The assured blessing of repentance

What do the individual words in Job 11:5 mean?

But Oh that would God would speak and open His lips against you

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם מִֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ן אֱל֣וֹהַּ דַּבֵּ֑ר וְיִפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתָ֣יו עִמָּֽךְ

מִֽי־	Oh that
Parse: Interjection Root: מִי Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
אֱל֣וֹהַּ	God
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֱלֹוהַּ Sense: God.
דַּבֵּ֑ר	would speak
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
וְיִפְתַּ֖ח	and open
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: פָּתַח Sense: to open.
שְׂפָתָ֣יו	His lips
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular Root: שָׂפָה Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
עִמָּֽךְ	against you
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular Root: עִם Sense: with.

What are the major concepts related to Job 11:5?

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