Job 13:5
But would that ye were silent, 1 And it would be wisdom to you in the end. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4But ye are all bad physicians, 1 And healers of diseases. 1
6But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, 1 And attend to the judgment of my lips. 1
Cross References
Job 11:3Be not a speaker of many words; 1 For is there none to answer thee? 1
Job 16:3What! is there any reason in vain words? 1 Or what will hinder thee from answering? 1
Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, 1 And destroy me with words? 1 Only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus. 1
Job 32:1And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: 1 For Job was righteous before them. 1
Proverbs 17:28Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: 1 And he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
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 →