I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 6:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Teach me, and I will hold my peace: 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; Shew 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 listened for your reasons, Whilst ye searched out what to say.
Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
That which I see not teach thou me If I have done iniquity, I will do it 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 adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing reprove?
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
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 righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.