Job 13:5 · KJV
“O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.”
— Job 13:5
But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 13 — Context
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.
5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Cross References
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: {and} he that shutteth his lips {is esteemed} a man of understanding.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}
Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice {is known} by multitude of words.
Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering}
Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}
Job 19:2
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.