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 wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. 4But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions. 7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

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 13:13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
• Job 11:3Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
• Job 16:3Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
• Job 18:2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, 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 the consolation you offer me.
• Job 32:1So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.
• Amos 5:13For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
• James 1:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, 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

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