Christian Standard Bible
Job 6:24
24Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.
Job 6:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- New International Version (NIV)“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Context of Job 6:24
22Have I ever said, “Give me something” or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth” 23or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand” or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”? Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong. 25How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove? 26Do you think that you can disprove my words or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?
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ה֭וֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִי הָבִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:24
- Job 5:27We have investigated this, and it is true! Hear it and understand it for yourself.
- Job 32:11Look, I waited for your conclusions; I listened to your insights as you sought for words.
- Job 33:1But now, Job, pay attention to my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and show you the way to go; with my eye on you, I will give counsel.
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
- Proverbs 25:12A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
- James 1:19My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will guard my ways so that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.
- Job 10:2I will say to God, “Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.
- Psalms 19:12Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Commentaries on Job 6:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Teach me - Show me where I am mistaken. Bring proper arguments to convince me of my errors; and you will soon find that I shall gladly receive your counsels, and abandon the errors of which I may be convicted.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue - That is, give me any real instruction, or show me what is my duty, and I will be silent. By this he means that Eliphaz had really imparted no instruction, but had dealt only in the language of reproof. The sense is, “I would willingly sit and listen where truth is imparted, and where I could be enabled to see the reason of the divine dealings. If I could be made to understand where I have erred, I would acquiesce.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-27Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. Irony. If you can "teach me" the right view, I am willing to be set right, and "hold my tongue"; and to be made to see my error. But then if your words be really the right words, how is it that they are so feeble? "Yet how feeble are the words of what you call the right view." So the Hebrew is used (in Mi 2:10; 1:9). The English Version, "How powerful," &c., does not agree so well with the last clause of the verse.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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