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

3However, I want to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to argue my case in front of God. 4But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians. I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom. 6Please listen to my argument, and pay attention to my plea. 7“Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf?

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 13:13Be quiet, because I want to speak. Let whatever may happen to me ⌞happen⌟!
• Job 11:3Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame?
• Job 16:3Will ⌞your⌟ long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering ⌞me⌟?
• Job 18:2“How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll talk.
• Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and depress me with words?
• Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words, and let that be the comfort you offer me.
• Job 32:1These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a stubborn fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent. He is considered intelligent if he keeps his lips sealed.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3Daydreaming comes when there are too many worries. Careless speaking comes when there are too many words.
• Amos 5:13That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.
• James 1:19Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.

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
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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