Job 13:13
Be ye still a little, that I speak (or so that I can speak), whatever thing my mind hath showed to me.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
In Context
12Your mind shall be comparisoned to ashes; and your nolls shall be driven down into (the) clay.
14Why rend I my flesh with my teeth, and bear my life in mine hands?
Cross References
Job 6:9And he that hath begun to punish, all-break he me; loose he his hand, and cut he me down? (And he who hath begun (to punish me), now all-break he me; let him loose his hand, and cut me down!)
Job 7:15Wherefore my soul chose hanging, and my bones have chosen death.
Job 13:5And I would, that ye were still, that ye were guessed to be wise men. (And I wish, that ye held your peace, so that ye could be thought to be wise.)
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 →