Job 13:5
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
Cross References
Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
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 →