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Job 13:5–6

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O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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From verse 5

  1. Proverbs 17:28Rank 1 from verse 5
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    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  2. James 1:19Rank 2 from verse 5
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    19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:3Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

  4. Job 13:13Rank 4 from verse 5
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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

  5. Amos 5:13Rank 5 from verse 5
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    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

From verse 6

  1. Job 34:2Rank 1 from verse 6
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    2Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  2. Job 21:2–3Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

    3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

  3. Job 33:1–3Rank 3 from verse 6
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    1WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

    2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

    3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

  4. Judges 9:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7¶ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

  5. Proverbs 8:6–7Rank 5 from verse 6
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    6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

    7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Job 13:5

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Job 13:6

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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reasoning

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of reason, meaning to think, discuss, or argue.

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

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6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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