Job 6:24 · KJV
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”
— Job 6:24
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Job 6 — Context
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9
Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.
James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same {is} a perfect man, {and} able also to bridle the whole body.
Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Psalms 39:1-2
[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}
Psalms 19:12
Who can understand {his} errors? cleanse thou me from secret {faults}.
Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it {is}; hear it, and know thou {it} for thy good. {for...: Heb. for thyself}
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
Job 33:1
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.