Tuesday, February 11, 2025
“And the man wondering at her held his peace…” (Genesis 24:21 KJV).
The King James Bible features nearly 60 references to men “holding [their] peace.” What is the denotation?
“He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace” (Proverbs 11:12). “Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding” (Proverbs 17:28). “But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not” (Isaiah 36:21). “I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once” (Isaiah 42:14).
“…have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?” (Isaiah 57:1). “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth” (Isaiah 62:1). “I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,…” (Isaiah 62:6).
“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?” (Isaiah 64:12). “My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war” (Jeremiah 4:19). “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests” (Zephaniah 1:7).
“And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David” (Matthew 20:31). “But Jesus held his peace,…” (Matthew 26:63). “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him” (Mark 1:25). “…But they held their peace” (Mark 3:4). “But they held their peace…” (Mark 9:34).
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