Job 13:5
“O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.”
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Job 13:5 Context
3Surely I would speake to the Almighty, & I desire to reason with God. 4But ye are forgers of lies, yee are all Physicians of no value. 5O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome. 6Heare now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7Wil you speake wickedly for God? and talke deceitfully for him?
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O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
- King James Version
"O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
- Basic English Bible
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
- Darby Bible
O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
- Webster's Bible
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
- World English Bible
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible