Job 13:5
What does Job 13:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 13:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 5:13
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- Job 19:2
How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
- Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
- Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
- James 1:19
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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