Job 13:22

Then call, ¹  and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

Job 9:32; Job 38:3; Job 40:4,5; Job 42:3-6

¹ tn The imperatives in the verse function like the future tense in view of their use for instruction or advice. The chiastic arrangement of the verb forms is interesting: imperative + imperfect, imperfect + imperative. The imperative is used for God, but the imperfect is used when Job is the subject. Job is calling for the court to convene – he will be either the defendant or the prosecutor.