Ayub 11:5

11:5 But if only God would speak, ¹ 

if only he would open his lips against you, ² 

Ayub 38:30

38:30 when the waters become hard ³  like stone,

when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

[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.

[38:30]  ³ tn Several suggest that the verb is not from חָבָא (khava’, “to hide”) but from a homonym, “to congeal.” This may be too difficult to support, however.