Job 11:5 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Zophar reproves JobZophar attacked Job with great vehemence. He represented him as a man that loved to hear himself speak, though he could say nothing to the purpose, and as a...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Job 38:1–2 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, …
  • Job 23:3–7 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! …
  • Job 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
  • Job 33:6–18 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. …
  • Job 40:1–5 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, …

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Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • But וְאוּלָם wĕʾwwlām אוּלָם Adverb · with and
  • oh that מִי mî Interrogative יִתֵּן yittēn נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • God אֱלוֹהַּ ʾĕlôah אֱלוֹהַּ Noun · masculine singular
  • would speak דַּבֵּר dabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine singular
  • and open וְיִפְתַּח wĕyiptaḥ פָּתַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • his lips שְׂפָתָיו śĕpātāyw שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular עִמָּךְ ʿimmāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular

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