Job 13:5

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

Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will!

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; --

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.