Job 13:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן וּתְהִ֖י לָכֶ֣ם לְחָכְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

mî-yittēn haḥărēš taḥărîšûn ûtehî lākem leḥokmâ

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yittēn*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - would give/grant
*haḥărēš*: infinitive absolute, Hiphil - be silent
*taḥărîšûn*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you would be silent
*ûtehî*: conjunction + verb, Qal jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it would be
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you
*leḥokmâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for wisdom

Word Meanings

*mî*-*yittēn*: who would give/oh that/if only
*haḥărēš* *taḥărîšûn*: you would be completely silent/you would keep utterly quiet
*ûtehî*: and it would be/and it might become

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job 19:2 : 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job 21:2-3 : 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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