Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
In Context
23or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.
Job 32:11Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Job 33:1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, and hearken to all my words.
Job 34:32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Psalms 32:8'I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will give counsel, Mine eye being upon thee.'
Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:23-30
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look… Read the whole commentary →