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

3Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and to argue my case with God. 4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—all of you! If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6Hear now my argument; listen to the contentions of my lips. 7Will you speak unjustly 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 13:13Be silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.
• Job 11:3Will your idle talk silence men and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
• Job 16:3Is there no end to your futile words? What compels you to answer?
• Job 18:2“How long until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk.
• Job 19:2“How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?
• Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.
• Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, who keeps quiet, is considered wise, discerning, if he seals his lips.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3When you swear a vow to God, don’t delay in fulfilling it. For He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!
• Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent keep silent at such a time —for it is a distressful time.
• James 1:19Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person 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

Topics related to Job 13:5

• Persecution
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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