Job 11:6

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

Key Reflection

In Job 11:6, this verse expresses a deep longing for divine judgment or intervention, reflecting Job's desire to confront the severity of his situation directly with God. It highlights the tension between human imperfection and the need for divine correction and truth.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom -The hidden things that pertain to wisdom. The reference here is to the wisdom of God himself. The sense is this, “you now think yourself pure and holy. You have confidence in your own wisdom and integrity. But this apprehension is based on a short-sighted view of God, and on ignorance of him. If he would speak and show you his wisdom; if he would express his sense of what purity is, you would at once see how far you have come from perfection, and would be overwhelmed with a sense of your comparative vileness and sin.” That they are double to that which is -Noyes renders this,” his wisdom which is unsearchable.” Dr.

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