MKJV
KJV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
ASV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
ESV
5. Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
ERVEN
5. I wish you would just be quiet. That would be the wisest thing you could do.
NLT
5. If only you could be silent! That's the wisest thing you could do.
WEB
5. Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
NET
5. If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
NLV
5. If only you would be quiet, and that would show your wisdom!
HCSB
5. If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom!
YLT
5. O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
LITV
5. Oh that you would stop speaking entirely; and it would be your wisdom!
RV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
NCV
5. I wish you would just stop talking; then you would really be wise!
AKJV
5. O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
LXXEN
5. But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
KJV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
AMP
5. Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! Then you would evidence your wisdom and you might pass for wise men.
KJVP
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YLT
5. O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
ASV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
WEB
5. Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
NASB
5. Oh, that you would be altogether silent! This for you would be wisdom.
ESV
5. Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
RV
5. Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
RSV
5. Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
NKJV
5. Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
MKJV
5. Oh that you would stop speaking entirely! And it would be your wisdom.
AKJV
5. O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
NRSV
5. If you would only keep silent, that would be your wisdom!
NIV
5. If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
NIRV
5. I wish you would keep your mouths shut! Then people would think you were wise.
NLT
5. If only you could be silent! That's the wisest thing you could do.
MSG
5. I wish you'd shut your mouths-- silence is your only claim to wisdom.
GNB
5. Say nothing, and someone may think you are wise!
NET
5. If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
ERVEN
5. I wish you would just be quiet. That would be the wisest thing you could do.