Job 6:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:24 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:24 — KJV
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”
— Job 6:24 (KJV)
Job 6:24 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:24
“Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:24: hold, cause, erred
“Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:24: teach, tongue, understand
“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:24: teach, tongue, understand
“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:24: hold, wherein
“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Ishmael: that is, God shall hear”
Shares key themes with Job 6:24: hold, cause
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