Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 13 connects to 10 cross-references. Job insists he will argue his case directly before the Almighty rather than accept his friends' false, misleading defense of God. He accuses them of speaking wickedly on God's behalf and calls on God to two things: withdraw affliction and …
תרגומים נוספים
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
הפניות צולבות
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a …
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.