For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. {gall: or, poison}