I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Job 6:24 - New Revised Standard Version “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong. 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 to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
“See, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
See, we have searched this out; it is true. Hear, and know it for yourself.”
Or, ‘Save me from an opponent's hand’? Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?
How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.
Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;
For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.