Job 6:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”

Job 6:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 6:24 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 6:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.”

Job 6:24 — World English Bible

Job 6:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“ Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. ”

Job 6:24 — American Standard Version

Job 6:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Shew me, and I--I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.”

Job 6:24 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 6:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. ”

Job 6:24 — Darby Translation

Job 6:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.”

Job 6:24 — Geneva Bible

Job 6:24 in Context — Job 6

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

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What Does Job 6:24 Mean?

Job 6:24 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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