Job 11:4-5

11:4 For you have said, ‘My teaching ¹  is flawless,

and I am pure in your sight.’

11:5 But if only God would speak, ² 

if only he would open his lips against you, ³ 

[11:4]  ¹ tn The word translated “teaching” is related etymologically to the Hebrew word “receive,” but that does not restrict the teaching to what is received.

[11:5]  ² tn The wish formula מִי־יִתֵּן (mi yitten, “who will give”; see GKC 477 §151.b) is followed here by an infinitive (Exod 16:3; 2 Sam 19:1).

[11:5]  ³ sn Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge.