Job 11:5

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

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Related Commentaries of Job 11:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But oh that God would speak - Hebrew, “and truly, who will give that God should speak.” It is the expression of an earnest wish that God would ad...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Zophar. Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, lead...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lips. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; But O that God would speak - How little feeling, humanity, and charity is there in this...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Open his lips against thee— The purpose of this wish is, that Job might be openly convicted of that wickedness of which they all concluded he must...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Zophar The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1-20 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argum...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledg...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; (6) And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But O that God would speak ,.... To Job, and stop his mouth, so full of words; convict him of his lies, reprove him for his mocks and scoffs, and ma...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; Ver. 5. But oh that God would speak, &c. ] For we do but lose our sweet words upo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O that God would speak Plead with thee according to thy desire: he would soon put thee to silence. We are commonly ready, with great assurance, to...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION (vv.1-6) Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in bitter accu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 T...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Plead with thee, according to thy desire, Job 9:32 , &c. He would soon put thee to silence and shame.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sin...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite. The attitude of Job’s friends In this chapter Zophar gives his first speech, and it is sharper toned than...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 11:1-18 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Tries to Reprove Job
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against thee, since such an action would put an immediate end to Job's boasting, as Zophar confidently...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 23:3-7 ; Job 31:35 ; Job 33:6-18 ; Job 38:1 ; Job 38:2 ; Job 40:1-5 ; Job 40:8 ; Job 42:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Speak — Plead with thee according to thy desire: he would soon put thee to silence. We are commonly ready with great assurance to interest God in o...

⁵ But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

Related Commentaries of Job 11:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 11:5