Job 13:5
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
- KJV
- O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
- WEB
- Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
- ASV
- Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
- DARBY
- Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
- BLB
- Who will give [that] you will surely remain silent, and it will be for wisdom for you⁺.
- ÅB
- Gid dere ville tie stille! Det skulle bli regnet dere til visdom.
- OTB
- Om dere bare ville forbli tause,
Det ville virkelig være deres visdom! - B1930
- Gid I vilde tie stille! Det skulde bli regnet eder til visdom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Read in contextJames 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
Read in contextJob 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Read in contextJob 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Read in contextJob 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Read in contextJob 21:2–3
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Read in contextAmos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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