And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.
I also will answer my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
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: