Job 11:5 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

English ASV

But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

English Amplified

But oh, that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But oh, that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But if only God would speak and open his lips against you!

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

English EASY 2024

So God himself should answer you. He should tell you what he thinks.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I wish God would answer you and tell you that you are wrong.

But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

How I wish God would answer you!

English God's Word - GW 1995

I only wish God would speak and open his mouth {to talk} to you.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But if only God would speak and declare His case against you,

English KJV 1611

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

English LSB

But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I wish God would speak. I wish he'd answer you.

English NIV

Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

English NKJ 1982

But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,

English NLT

If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Oh, that God would speak and tell you what he thinks!

English Tyndale 1537

O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,

Job 11:5 — Compare Translations