Christian Standard Bible
Job 13:5
5If only you would shut up and let that 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 prefer to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. 4You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers. If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom! 6Hear now my argument, and listen to my defense. 7Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for him?
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מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן וּתְהִ֖י לָכֶ֣ם לְחָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:5
- Job 13:13Be quiet, and I will speak. Let whatever comes happen to me.
- Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you?
- Job 16:3Is there no end to your empty words? What provokes you that you continue testifying?
- Job 18:2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
- Job 19:2How long will you torment me and crush me with words?
- Job 21:2Pay close attention to my words; let this be the consolation you offer.
- Job 32:1So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent — discerning, when he seals his lips.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3Just as dreams accompany much labor, so also a fool’s voice comes with many words.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent at such a time, for the days are evil.
- James 1:19My dear brothers and sisters, 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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