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Job 6:24
24“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Teach me, and I will keep quiet. Show me what I have done wrong.
Context of Job 6:24
22Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, 23deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’? “Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. 25How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove? 26Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
Read all of Job 6Job 6:24 word by word
ה֭וֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִי הָבִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:24
- Job 5:27“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
- Job 32:11I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,
- Job 33:1“But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
- Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
- Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
- James 1:19My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.”
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
- Job 10:2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
- Psalms 19:12But who can discern their own errors? Forgive 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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