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 want to speak to the Almighty God. I need to show him that I am right. 4What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors. It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do. 6Listen now to what I have to say. Listen carefully to the words that I speak. 7You think that you can tell lies to speak on behalf of God! Your lies are not helping God.

Job 13:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thatנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• ye would altogetherחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• and it should be your wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451

Cross-references for Job 13:5

• Job 13:13So be quiet now and let me speak. Then we will see what happens to me.
• Job 11:3Your proud words will not cause other people to say nothing. We must make you ashamed when you laugh at us.
• Job 16:3Please stop speaking useless words. Why do you talk to me like that?
• Job 18:2‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk.
• Job 19:2‘Please stop speaking to me like that! Your words continue to make me suffer.
• Job 21:2‘Listen carefully to the things that I am saying. You can only help me if you do that.
• Job 32:1Job would not agree that he had done anything that was wrong. So his three friends refused to argue with him any more.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool seems to be wise if he keeps quiet. If he keeps his mouth shut, people will think that he is clever.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3If you worry about many things, you will have many dreams. If you talk too much, you will say foolish things.
• Amos 5:13This is such an evil time that clever people say nothing. That is how they keep themselves safe.’
• James 1:19Understand this, my Christian friends: We must all be careful to listen. We should not be too quick to speak. We should not get angry quickly.

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

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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