Job 13:5

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

Job 13:5 · King James Version

In other versions

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
ASV
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
BBE
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
DBY
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
WEB
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
YLT
O that all of you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
ENG
O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
WBT
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
BSB

³Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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.

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

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