Job 13:5
And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.
6Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.
Cross References
Job 11:3Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
Job 16:3Will there be no end to windy words? Or is it at all a burden to you, if you speak?
Job 19:2How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words?
Job 32:1But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified.
Proverbs 17:28If he would remain silent, even the foolish would be considered wise, and if he closes his lips, intelligent.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 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. 5 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… Read the whole commentary →