King James Version

Job 6:24

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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ה֭וֹרוּנִיhorunishootיָרָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “shoot”, a commandH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.וַאֲנִ֣יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אַחֲרִ֑ישׁacharishbe deafחָרַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be deaf”, an unfinished actionH2790to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.וּמַהumahand howמָהconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִיshagitibe ravishedשָׁגָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be ravished”, a completed actionH7686to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured(cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.הָבִ֥ינוּhavinvunderstandבִּיןverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “understand”, a commandH995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understandattend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) und…לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Young’s Literal Translation

Shew me, and I — I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

World English Bible

“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

Darby Translation

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Douay-Rheims

Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διδάξατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ κωφεύσω· εἴ τι πεπλάνημαι, φράσατέ μοι.