5 If only you would be altogether silent!

For you, that would be wisdom.

5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace!

And it should be your wisdom.

5 If only you could be silent!

That’s the wisest thing you could do.

5 Oh, that you would be silent,

And it would be your wisdom!

5 I wish you would just stop talking;

then you would really be wise!

5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!

And it would be your wisdom.

5 Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.

5 I wish you would keep silent. 

For you, that would be wisdom. 

5 If only you would shut up

and let that be your wisdom!

5 If you would only keep silent,

that would be your wisdom!

5 O that you would keep completely silent,

and that it would become wisdom for you.

5 I wish you would keep your mouths shut!

Then people would think you were wise.

5 “O that you would be completely silent,

And that it would become your wisdom!