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Job 32:16

The English Standar Version

And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

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Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!

"They are dismayed; they answer no more; they have not a word to say.

I also will answer with my share; I also will declare my opinion.

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;