Job 13:5 - Compare All Versions
Job 13:5 NIV (New International Version)
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Job 13:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
Job 13:5 NLT (New Living Translation)
If only you could be silent! That’s the wisest thing you could do.
Job 13:5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom!
Job 13:5 KJV (King James Version)
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom.
Job 13:5 NKJV (New King James Version)
Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
Job 13:1-5 MSG (The Message)
“Yes, I’ve seen all this with my own eyes, heard and understood it with my very own ears. Everything you know, I know, so I’m not taking a backseat to any of you. I’m taking my case straight to God Almighty; I’ve had it with you—I’m going directly to God. You graffiti my life with lies. You’re a bunch of pompous quacks! I wish you’d shut your mouths— silence is your only claim to wisdom.
Job 13:5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
“Oh that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
Job 13:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom!
Job 13:5 NET (New English Translation)
If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.