Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
KJV
Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.
Vulgate
εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν σοφία.
LXX
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
ASV
מִֽי יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּ/ן וּ/תְהִ֖י לָ/כֶ֣ם לְ/חָכְמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 5:3 — For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- Jas 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.
- Job 13:13 — Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
- Job 18:2 — How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
- Prov 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.
- Prov 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.