I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 6:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. American Standard Version (1901) Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Common English Bible Instruct me and I’ll be quiet; inform me how I’ve erred. Catholic Public Domain Version Teach me, and I will be silent, and if by chance I have been ignorant of anything, instruct me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing instruct me. |
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
that which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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.