Verse Comparison: Job 13:5
American Standard Version
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
Amplified® Bible
Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! Then you would evidence your wisdom {and} you might pass for wise men.
Contemporary English Version
The wisest thing you can do is to keep quiet
Darby English Version
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Good News Bible
Say nothing, and someone may think you are wise!
King James Version
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
"O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
New International Version
If only you would be altogether silent!
For you, that would be wisdom.
New King James Version
Oh, that you would be silent,
And it would be your wisdom!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"O that you would remain completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
Revised Standard Version
Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
Young's Literal Translation
O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.