Job 13:5
Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
6Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Cross References
Job 11:3Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!
Job 16:3Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?
Job 19:2How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
Job 32:1So had these three men abstained from answering Job; because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he keepeth silence, is counted wise: he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13Therefore will the intelligent keep silence in 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 →