Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time for it is an evil time.

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

And for dictators all over the world, the good news is when cartoonists, journalists and activists shut up.

However, Racan indicates that their fate awaits them, as the Syrian people who rose against Bashar Al Assad's regime refuse to be silenced

The regular black humor in our house was about what we would do if the army broke in. As with every terrifying thing, we needed to face it with humor to silence the fear.

Yazbek asked why people fell silent after it became known that one of the alleged soldiers was Sunni. His response tries to clear up the point but its aggressiveness doesn t seem to have been effective.