Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; 1 make me understand where I have been wrong. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
23Or, 'Save me from my adversary's hand?' 1 Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of my oppressors?' 1
25How painful are truthful words! 1 But your arguments, how do they actually rebuke me? 1
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God, 'Do not merely condemn me; 1 show me why you accuse me. 1
Job 32:11See, I waited for your words; 1 I listened to your arguments 1 while you were thinking about what to say. 1
Job 33:1So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech; 1 listen to all my words. 1
Job 34:32teach me what I cannot see; 1 I have committed sin, but I will do it no longer.' 1
Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. 1 I will instruct you with my eye upon you. 1
Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise person, and he will become even wiser; 1 teach a righteous person, and he will add to his learning. 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 →