Job 13:5

In 11 translations

BSB

If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

KJV

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

WEB

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

ASV

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

LSV

O that you would keep perfectly silent, || And it would be to you for wisdom.

YLT

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

DBY

Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.

DRC

And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.

GNV

Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

JPS

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.

LXXE

But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.

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WLC

מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן וּתְהִ֖י לָכֶ֣ם לְחָכְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν σοφία.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
• James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Ecclesiastes 5:3As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
• Job 13:13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
• Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
• Job 21:2–3“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me. Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
• Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
• Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
• Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
• Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
• Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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