Oh that you would be completely silent!
Then you would be wise.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 13:5 in context
Job 13:2–8
2
What you know, I know also.
I am not inferior to you.
3
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty.
I desire to reason with God.
4
But you are forgers of lies.
You are all physicians of no value.
5
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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.
7
Will you speak unrighteously for God,
and talk deceitfully for him?
8
Will you show partiality to him?
Will you contend for God?
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