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Job 32:16

Modern English Version

And I have waited, (for they did not speak, but stood still and answered no more).

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Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace, and it would be your wisdom!

“They are amazed; they answer no more; they cease speaking.

I said, ‘I also will answer my part; I too will show my opinion.’

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise; when he shuts his lips he is deemed a man of understanding.

Therefore the prudent are silent at such a time, for it is an evil time.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,