Job 13:5

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

Be silent from me and I will speak what shall pass upon me.

Shall thy empty talks cause men to be silent? and wilt thou deride and none making ashamed?

Was there an end to words of wind? or what will provoke thee that thou wilt answer?

How long will ye set an end to words? Ye shall understand, and afterwards we will speak.

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

Hearing, hear ye my speech, and this shall be your consolations.

And these three men will cease from answering Job, for he is just in his eyes.

Also the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.

For the dream came in the multitude of labor; and the voice of the foolish one in the multitude of words.

For this the prudent one shall be silent in that time, for it is an evil time.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:

And I waited, (for they will not speak, for they stood, they answered no more:)

If now understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words.

Also the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.