Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4For ye are forgers of lies; Physicians of no value, all of you!
6Hear, I pray you, my arguments; Attend to the pleadings of my lips!
Cross References
Job 11:3Shall thy boastings make men hold their peace? Shalt thou mock, and none put thee to shame?
Job 16:3Will there ever be an end to words of wind? What stirreth thee up, that thou answerest?
Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he is silent, is accounted wise; He that shutteth his lips is a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13Therefore the wise man shall be silent at that time, For it shall be 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 →