Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.
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Job 13:5
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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altogether
Wholly; entirely; completely; without exception.
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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.
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hold your peace
Remain silent, be still, or refrain from speaking or answering.
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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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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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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.
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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
5O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.
Selected passage6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
6Heare now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.