Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom. New Living Translation If only you could be silent! That’s the wisest thing you could do. English Standard Version Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! Berean Standard Bible If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! King James Bible O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. New King James Version Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom! New American Standard Bible “Oh that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! NASB 1995 “O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! NASB 1977 “O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! Legacy Standard Bible O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! Amplified Bible “Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom! Christian Standard Bible If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom! Holman Christian Standard Bible If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom! American Standard Version Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He, The Maker, is silent; you should be silent, and let this be for your wisdom Brenton Septuagint Translation But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end. Contemporary English Version The wisest thing you can do is to keep quiet Douay-Rheims Bible And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.. English Revised Version Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. GOD'S WORD® Translation I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom. Good News Translation Say nothing, and someone may think you are wise! International Standard Version I wish you'd all just shut up. Then at least you would appear to be wise. JPS Tanakh 1917 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. Literal Standard Version O that you would keep perfectly silent, | And it would be to you for wisdom. Majority Standard Bible If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! New American Bible Oh, that you would be altogether silent; that for you would be wisdom! NET Bible If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. New Revised Standard Version If you would only keep silent, that would be your wisdom! New Heart English Bible Oh that you would be completely silent. Then you would be wise. Webster's Bible Translation O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom. World English Bible Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. Young's Literal Translation O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Reproves His Friends…4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. 5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! 6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.… Cross References Job 13:6 Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips. Job 13:13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may. Job 21:5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth. Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue. Treasury of Scripture O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. Oh that ye Job 13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. Job 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? and it Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Ecclesiastes 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Jump to Previous Altogether Completely Hold Peace Perfectly Quiet Sign Silent Wisdom WiseJump to Next Altogether Completely Hold Peace Perfectly Quiet Sign Silent Wisdom WiseJob 13 1. Job reproves his friends for partiality14. He professes his confidence in God; 19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him (5) O that ye would altogether hold your peace! is singularly like the sentiment of Proverbs 17:28. Their wisdom will consist in listening to his wisdom rather than displaying their own folly.Verse 5. - Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! The friends had "held their peace" for seven days after their arrival (Job 2:13). Oh that they would have held it altogether! Their words had done nothing but exasperate and goad almost to madness. There is a mournful pathos in Job's entreates to them to be silent (comp ver. 13). And it should be your wisdom. "Speech," it has been said, "is silvern, silence is golden." No doubt" there is a time for everything... a time to keep silence, and a time to speak" (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7); nor is the rule of La Trappe altogether a wise one. But probably ten times as much harm is done in the world by speaking as by keeping silence. "Words for God" need especial care and caution. If they do not do good, the harm that they may do is incalculable. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew If onlyמִֽי־ (mî-) Interjection Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix you would be silent; הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ (ha·ḥă·rêš) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise for that would be וּתְהִ֖י (ū·ṯə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your לָכֶ֣ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew wisdom! לְחָכְמָֽה׃ (lə·ḥā·ḵə·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom Links Job 13:5 NIVJob 13:5 NLT Job 13:5 ESV Job 13:5 NASB Job 13:5 KJV Job 13:5 BibleApps.com Job 13:5 Biblia Paralela Job 13:5 Chinese Bible Job 13:5 French Bible Job 13:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 13:5 Oh that you would be completely silent! (Jb) |
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