Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! Then you would evidence your wisdom and you might pass for wise men.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
Would that you were completely quiet; that would be your wisdom.
And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.
And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
Should thy boastings 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 wilt.
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
How long will ye vex my soul And break me in pieces with words?
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: