If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Job 32:16 - Tree of Life Version Must I wait, since they no longer speak since they stand there with no reply? 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: |
If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Even a fool, who keeps quiet, is considered wise, discerning, if he seals his lips.
Therefore the prudent keep silent at such a time —for it is a distressful time.
Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—