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Job 13:5

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

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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

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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

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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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13:4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

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13:6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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