But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee! "Oh that God would do," i.e. "what thou hast challenged him to do"—show thee wherein he contends with thee! (comp. Job 10:2). Then how would thy reasonings be confuted, and thy boastings be brought low!
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Job 11:5
The Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:5
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Job 11:1-6Zophar 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 man that maintained falsehoods. He desired God would show Job…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Address of Zophar. (b. c. 1520.)THE ADDRESS OF ZOPHAR. (B. C. 1520.) It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a ve…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20Humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God. Zophar, the youngest of the friends, now comes forward once more to beat down the complaint of Job with the old arguments and commonplaces. To support his words, he does…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-6Zophar to Job: 1. The opinions of a dogmatist. I. ZOPHAR'S OPINIONS CONCERNING JOB. A severe but wholly unfounded indictment. 1. Loquacity. Job's previous orations, so full of lofty sentiment and fervent emotion, he cha…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters (Job 2:11), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent speech. He begins by accusing Job of having spoken at un…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-6Self-complacency condemned. Even the lowly and humble are liable to over-estimate their own goodness, and the more so if roused to self-justification. All imperfect human judgments, given as Job's were, under the influe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:5Oh that God would speak! Zophar's wish is most ungenerous. Feeling his own inability to give a complete reply to the complaints of Job, he expresses a desire that God may interpose and give the requisite answer. He real…Joseph S. Exell and contributors