⁵ O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

²⁸ Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

¹⁹ So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

³ For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

¹³ Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

¹³ Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

¹ And these three men cease from answering Job, for he `is' righteous in his own eyes,

² Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

³ Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.

² Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

² When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

³ Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

³ Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!