⁵ Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is `esteemed as' prudent.

¹⁹ Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

³ For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

¹³ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.

¹³ Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

¹ So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

² Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

³ Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

² How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

² How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

³ Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

³ Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?