Job 6:24 KJV
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Matthew Henry
- Job reproves his friends as unkindIn 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...
Thompson Chains
- TeachablenessSee the chain from Ezra 8:21 · 6 links
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 39:1 <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.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 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.
- Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
- Job 33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
- Psalms 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- 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. …
- 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.
- Job 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
- Job 32:15–16 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. …
- Job 33:31–33 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. …
- Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
- Psalms 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Unclassified scriptures relating to Afflictions and adversities
- Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
- Murmuring Job
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Teach הוֹרוּנִי hôrûnî יָרָה Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural · with suffix: first person common singular
- me, and I will hold my tongue וַאֲנִי waʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and אַחֲרִישׁ ʾaḥărîš חָרַשׁ Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common singular
- and cause me to understand הָבִינוּ hābînû בִּין Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular
- wherein I have erred וּמַה ûmah Interrogative · with and שָּׁגִיתִי šāgîtî שָׁגָה Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
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