Job 11:5

NETBible	But if only God would speak,¹ if only he would open his lips against you,²
NIV © biblegateway Job 11:5	Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
NASB © biblegateway Job 11:5	"But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,
NLT © biblegateway Job 11:5	If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!
MSG © biblegateway Job 11:5	How I wish God would give you a piece of his mind, tell you what's what!
BBE © SABDAweb Job 11:5	But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 11:5	But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,
NKJV © biblegateway Job 11:5	But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,
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KJV	But <0199> oh that <05414> (8799) God <0433> would speak <01696> (8763)_, and open <06605> (8799) his lips <08193> against thee;
NASB © biblegateway Job 11:5	"But would <04310> <5414> that God <0433> might speak <01696> , And open <06605> His lips <08193> against <05973> you,
LXXM	alla <235> CONJ pwv <4459> ADV an <302> PRT o <3588> T-NSM kuriov <2962> N-NSM lalhsai <2980> V-AAN prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ anoixei <455> V-FAI-3S ceilh <5491> N-APN autou <846> D-GSM meta <3326> PREP sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	But if only <0199> God <0433> would speak <01696> , if only he would open <06605> his lips <08193> against <05973> you,
HEBREW	Kme <05973> wytpv <08193> xtpyw <06605> rbd <01696> hwla <0433> Nty <05414> ym <04310> Mlwaw (11:5) <0199>

NETBible

But if only God would speak,¹ if only he would open his lips against you,²

NET Notes

¹tn 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).

²sn Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge.