🌪️WEB · Job 13:5

What does Job 13:5 mean?

"Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise."

— Job 13:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

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

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But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

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Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

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Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.

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Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

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Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

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