Ayub 11:5

11:5 But if only God would speak, ¹ 

if only he would open his lips against you, ² 

Ayub 33:14

Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God

33:14 “For God speaks, the first time in one way,

the second time in another,

though a person does not perceive ³  it.

Ayub 36:4

36:4 For in truth, my words are not false;

it is one complete ⁴  in knowledge

who is with you.

Ayub 36:25

36:25 All humanity has seen it;

people gaze on it from afar.

[11:5]  ¹ tn 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).

[11:5]  ² sn Job had expressed his eagerness to challenge God; Zophar here wishes that God would take up that challenge.

[33:14]  ³ tn The Syriac and the Vulgate have “and he does not repeat it,” a reading of the text as it is, according to E. Dhorme (Job, 403). But his argument is based on another root with this meaning – a root which does not exist (see L. Dennefeld, RB 48 [1939]: 175). The verse is saying that God does speak to man.

[36:4]  ⁴ tn The word is תְּמִים (tÿmim), often translated “perfect.” It is the same word used of Job in 2:3. Elihu is either a complete stranger to modesty or is confident regarding the knowledge that he believes God has revealed to him for this situation. See the note on the heading before 32:1.