Job 6:24
Teach ye me, and I will be silent: 1 If in anything I have erred, tell me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
In Context
23To deliver me from enemies, 1 Or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? 1
25But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, 1 Because I do not ask strength of you. 1
Cross References
Job 10:2And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; 1 And wherefore hast thou thus judged me? 1
Job 32:11Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, 1 Until ye shall have tried the matter with words: 1
Job 33:1Howbeit hear, Job, my words, 1 And hearken to my speech. 1
Job 34:32I will see apart from myself: 1 Do thou show me if I have done unrighteousness; 1 I will not do so anymore. 1
Psalms 32:8Let all the earth fear the Lord; 1 And let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him. 1
Proverbs 9:9Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: 1 Instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction. 1
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 →