Job 13:13
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
In Context
12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
Cross References
Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Job 13:5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
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 →