Job 13:5
Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! 1 That would be your wisdom. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
In Context
4But you whitewash the truth with lies; 1 you are all physicians of no value. 1
6Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
Cross References
Job 11:3Should your boasting make others remain silent? 1 When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed? 1
Job 16:3Will useless words ever have an end? 1 What is wrong with you that you answer like this? 1
Job 19:2“How long will you make me suffer 1 and break me into pieces with words? 1
Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent; 1 when he keeps his mouth shut, he is considered to be intelligent.
Amos 5:13Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time, 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 →