Job 13:5
And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Cross References
Job 11:3Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?
Job 16:3Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
Job 19:2How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he seemed just to himself.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence 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 →