Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
In Context
23deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Job 32:11Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
Job 33:1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his 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 →