Bible Strands
Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks these words to his friends during his own monologue about suffering, not as a reply to their accusations.
The words — הוֹרוּ (horu) means "teach" and הָבִינוּ (havinu) means "explain," framing Job's explicit request for instruction and clarification of his mistake.
The thread — This appeal for correction runs parallel to Proverbs 9:9's statement that teaching a righteous man increases learning, and mirrors Job 10:2's demand to know why God prosecutes him.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that honest instruction demands the humility to listen and the willingness to examine one's own faults.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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.
- Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 34:32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- Psalms 19:12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalms 39:1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 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.”
- Job 5:27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
- Job 33:1 “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Job 32:11 Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,