Job 6:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.”
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BSBPD
“Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Shew me, and I--I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 6:24 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
- Job 32:11Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
- Job 32:15Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- Job 33:1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
- Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Psalms 39:1I 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.”
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- James 3:2We 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.
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