5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
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Commentary on Job 13 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 13
Job here comes to make application of what he had said in the foregoing chapter; and now we have him not in so good a temper as he was in then: for,
Job 13:1-12
Job here warmly expresses his resentment of the unkindness of his friends.
Job 13:13-22
Job here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable.
Job 13:23-28
Here,