Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
Job 32:16 - Revised Version 1885 And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When I had waited, (for they spake not, But stood still, and answered no more;) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And shall I wait, because they say nothing but stand still and answer no more? American Standard Version (1901) And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more? Common English Bible I waited, but they didn’t speak, for they stood but answered no more. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, because I have waited and they have not been speaking, for they stood firm and did not respond at all, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken: they stood, and answered no more: |
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
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: