Keluaran 20:19

20:19 They said to Moses, “You speak ¹  to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

Ayub 23:5

23:5 I would know with what words ²  he would answer me,

and understand what he would say to me.

[20:19]  ¹ tn The verb is a Piel imperative. In this context it has more of the sense of a request than a command. The independent personal pronoun “you” emphasizes the subject and forms the contrast with God’s speaking.

[23:5]  ² tn Heb “the words he would answer me.”