Job 13:5

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

3But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God; 4For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom. 6Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Job 13:5 word by word

מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן וּתְהִ֖י לָכֶ֣ם לְחָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• silentחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451

Cross-references for Job 13:5

• Job 13:13Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
• Job 11:3Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
• Job 16:3Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
• Job 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
• Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
• Job 21:2Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
• Job 32:1And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, [and] he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
• Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
• James 1:19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

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

Topics related to Job 13:5

• Persecution
• Pride
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How

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