Job 34:32
30 that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
34 Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- KJV
- That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
- WEB
- Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
- ASV
- That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
- DARBY
- What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?
- BLB
- besides what I see, You teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will not continue [it]’
- ÅB
- det jeg ikke ser, det må du lære meg; har jeg gjort urett, så vil jeg ikke gjøre det mere?
- OTB
- vis meg hva jeg ikke ser;
hvis jeg har gjort galt, vil jeg ikke gjenta det’? - B1930
- det jeg ikke ser, det må du lære mig; har jeg gjort urett, så vil jeg ikke gjøre det mere?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Read in contextPsalms 25:4–5
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
Read in contextPsalms 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Read in contextPsalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Read in contextPsalms 143:8–10
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Read in contextJob 10:2
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Read in contextProverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Read in contextJob 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
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