Job 13:5
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New International Version (©1984)
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom.

King James Bible
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

American King James Version
O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

American Standard Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

Bible in Basic English
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..

Darby Bible Translation
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.

English Revised Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.

World English Bible
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

Young's Literal Translation
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

Geneva Study Bible

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. (Pr 17:28). The Arabs say, "The wise are dumb; silence is wisdom."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-12 With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves, and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or distressed with the fear of wrath, the force of temptation, or the weight of affliction, we should apply to the Physician of our souls, who never rejects any, never prescribes amiss, and never leaves any case uncured. To Him we may speak at all times. To broken hearts and wounded consciences, all creatures, without Christ, are physicians of no value. Job evidently speaks with a very angry spirit against his friends. They had advanced some truths which nearly concerned Job, but the heart unhumbled before God, never meekly receives the reproofs of men.


Job 13:13 "Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.
Job 21:5 "Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.
Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. (NASB ©1995)

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