Job 13:5 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 13:5

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.

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

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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Job 13:1

"Lo, mine eye hath seen all {this}, mine ear hath heard and understood it."

Job 13:2

"What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you."

Job 13:3

"Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God."

Job 13:4

"But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value."

Job 13:6

"Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips."

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