Job 11:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 11:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 11:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 11:5 — KJV
“But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;”
— Job 11:5 (KJV)
Job 11:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 11:5
“Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:”
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“And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!”
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“Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:”
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“And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.”
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“And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.”
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