Job 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:1-2 : 1 And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, 2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
  • Job 40:1-5 : 1 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 3 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right? 4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his? 5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 31:35 : 35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
  • Job 33:6-9 : 6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth. 7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you. 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: 10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways. 12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man. 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words? 14 For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it: 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds; 16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see; 17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him; 18 To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

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    5 If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

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    4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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