Job 13:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 13:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 13:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 13:5 — KJV
“O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.”
— Job 13:5 (KJV)
Job 13:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 13:5
“And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:5: would, hold, peace
“But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:5: altogether, hold, peace
“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? enlargement: Heb. respiration”
Shares key themes with Job 13:5: altogether, hold, peace
“He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. void...: Heb. destitute of heart”
Shares key themes with Job 13:5: hold, peace, wisdom
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life”
Shares key themes with Job 13:5: hold, should, wisdom
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