Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! 1 And it should be your chochmah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4But ye are forgers of sheker, 1 ye are all rofim (physicians) of no value. 1
6Hear now my tokhachat (protest, public argumentation), 1 and pay heed to the pleadings of my lips. 1
Cross References
Job 11:3Should thy vain talk silence men, 1 so that thou mockest, v'ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)? 1
Job 16:3Shall divrei ruach (vain words) have an end? 1 Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 1
Job 19:2How long will ye torment my nefesh, 1 and crush me with words? 1
Job 32:1So these shloshet ha'anashim ceased to answer Iyov, because he was tzaddik in his eyes.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted chacham, 1 and he that shutteth his sfatayim (lips) is esteemed a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times; 1 for it is an evil time. 1
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 →