“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
Job questions: if I had summoned him and he answered me, would I believe that he had heard my voice? The hypothesis of divine response followed by doubt of its authenticity suggests Job's conviction that communication with God is problematic. Even if God answered, Job wonders whether the response could be trusted. The doubt about the possibility of authentic communication deepens the sense of isolation.
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