Job 6:24
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
25 How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
26 Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
- KJV
- Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- WEB
- “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
- ASV
- Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- DARBY
- Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- BLB
- teach me, and I will be silent, and give understanding to me of how I have erred.
- ÅB
- Lær meg, så skal jeg tie, og vis meg hvori jeg har faret vill!
- OTB
- “Lær meg, så vil jeg være stille;
vis meg hvor jeg har gått feil. - B1930
- Lær mig, så skal jeg tie, og vis mig hvori jeg har faret vill!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Read in contextJob 34:32
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Read in contextPsalms 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Read in contextPsalms 39:1–2
I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Read in contextJob 10:2
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Read in contextPsalms 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 contextJob 33:1
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
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