Job 13:5

This verse is suggested by the last clause of the preceding their impotence to help was such that their silence would be the most helpful thing they could offer. There is a final sarcasm at Zophar's speech in the reference to "wisdom"; cf. Proverbs 17:28, Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise; and the si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, quoted by all the commentators.