Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
“Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort. Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
“How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
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