Job 13:5

מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחָכְמָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

In Context

4וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹֽפְלֵי ־ שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם ׃

6שִׁמְעוּ ־ נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ ׃

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Cross References

Job 11:3בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם ׃

Job 16:3הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי ־ רוּחַ אוֹ מַה ־ יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה ׃

Job 19:2עַד ־ אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים ׃

Job 32:1וַֽיִּשְׁבְּתוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה מֵעֲנוֹת אֶת ־ אִיּוֹב כִּי הוּא צַדִּיק בְּעֵינָֽיו ׃ פ

Proverbs 17:28גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבֽוֹן ׃

Amos 5:13לָכֵן הַמַּשְׂכִּיל בָּעֵת הַהִיא יִדֹּם כִּי עֵת רָעָה הִֽיא ׃

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 →

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