Job 6:24
Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
In Context
23And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?
25Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
Job 32:11Behold, I did waite vpon your wordes, and hearkened vnto your knowledge, whiles you sought out reasons.
Job 33:1Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.
Job 34:32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee, and teache thee in the way that thou shalt goe, and I will guide thee with mine eye.
Proverbs 9:9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache 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 →