Job 6:24
Show me, and, I, will hold my peace, And, wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 deliver me from the hand of the adversary? And, out of the hand of tyrants, ransom me?
25How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?
Cross References
Job 10:2I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!
Job 32:11Lo! I waited for your words, I kept giving ear for your reasons, until ye should search out what to say;
Job 33:1But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.
Job 34:32What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?
Psalms 32:8I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.
Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase 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 →