Job 13:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
  • Job 21:2-3 : 2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. 3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 And these three men cease from answering Job, for he `is' righteous in his own eyes,
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    33If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    76%

    27One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper `is' a man of understanding.

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    6Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

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    13Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

  • Job 11:5
    74%

    5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

    12Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

  • Job 33:31
    73%

    31Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.

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    73%

    4And yet, ye `are' forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,

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    73%

    13Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

  • Job 11:3
    72%

    3Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

  • Job 29:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

    10The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    72%

    30and if to another sitting `anything' may be revealed, let the first be silent;

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

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    71%

    2I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

    9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

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    35Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words `are' not with wisdom.

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    5Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19Who `is' he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

  • Job 34:16
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    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Job 3:13
    70%

    13For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20And Jehovah `is' in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

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    1A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

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    13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

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    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

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    21To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

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    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

  • Job 6:24
    69%

    24Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

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    69%

    3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Eccl 5:2
    69%

    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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    69%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

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    69%

    13Who `is' wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

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    69%

    2Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

  • Prov 26:5
    69%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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    69%

    21These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

  • Job 15:5
    69%

    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.