Job 6:24–25
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
How forcible are right wordes? but what doeth your arguing reproue?
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From verse 24
- Proverbs 9:9Rank 2 from verse 24
- Psalms 19:12Rank 5 from verse 24
- Psalms 39:1–2Rank 6 from verse 24
1I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
1¶ I sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2†I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, euen from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Psalms 32:8Rank 9 from verse 24
- Job 32:15–16Rank 11 from verse 24
- Job 33:31–33Rank 12 from verse 24
31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
31Marke well, O Iob, hearken vnto me, hold thy peace, and I wil speake.
32If thou hast any thing to say, answere me: speake, for I desire to iustifie thee.
33If not, hearken vnto me: holde thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisedome.
- Proverbs 25:12Rank 13 from verse 24
- James 1:19Rank 14 from verse 24
From verse 25
- Ecclesiastes 12:10–11Rank 1 from verse 25
10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
10†The preacher sought to finde out acceptable words, and that which was written was vpright, euen wordes of trueth.
11The wordes of the wise are as goads, and as nailes fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are giuen from one shepheard.
- Job 16:3–5Rank 3 from verse 25
3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
3Shall †vaine words haue an ende? or what emboldeneth thee, that thou answerest?
4I also could speake as yee doe: if your soule were in my soules stead, I could heape vp words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the mouing of my lips should asswage your griefe.
- Proverbs 12:18Rank 8 from verse 25
- Proverbs 16:21–24Rank 9 from verse 25
21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
21The wise in heart shall be called prudent; and the sweetnesse of the lips increaseth learning.
22*Understanding is a well-spring of life vnto him that hath it: but the instruction of fooles is folly.
23†The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lippes.
24Pleasant words are as an honycombe, sweete to the soule, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 18:21Rank 10 from verse 25
- Proverbs 25:11Rank 11 from verse 25
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Job 6:24
To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.
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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
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In what or which place, thing, time, state, action, respect, or matter.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of err (to miss the right way, in morals or religion; to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake).
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:25
Powerful or effective.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Reasoning or disputing; presenting an argument.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To expose, demonstrate, convict, refute, correct, censure, or call to account for fault, error, sin, or false words.
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23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
23Or deliuer me from the enemies hand, or redeeme me from the hand of the mighty?
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.
Selected passage25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
25How forcible are right wordes? but what doeth your arguing reproue?
Selected passage26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
26Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde?