Berean Standard Bible
Job 13:5
5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Job 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
- New International Version (NIV)If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
Context of Job 13:5
3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. 4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! 6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips. 7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
Read all of Job 13Job 13:5 word by word
מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן וּתְהִ֖י לָכֶ֣ם לְחָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 13:5
- Job 13:13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
- Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
- Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
- Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
- Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Commentaries on Job 13:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom - In Proverbs 17:28; we have the following apophtheym: "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips, a man of understanding." There is no reason to say that Solomon quotes from Job: I have already expressed my opinion that the high antiquity attributed to this book is perfectly unfounded, and that there is much more evidence that Solomon was its author, than there is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! - You would show your wisdom by silence. Since you can say nothing that is adapted to give comfort, or to explain the true state of the case, it would be wise to say nothing; compare Proverbs 17:28: “Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise.”Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Pr 17:28). The Arabs say, "The wise are dumb; silence is wisdom."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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