Albert Barnes Commentary Job 6:24

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 6:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 6:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred." — Job 6:24 (ASV)

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue - That is, give me any real instruction, or show me what is my duty, and I will be silent. By this he means that Eliphaz had really imparted no instruction, but had dealt only in the language of reproof. The sense is, “I would willingly sit and listen where truth is imparted, and where I could be enabled to see the reason of the divine dealings. If I could be made to understand where I have erred, I would acquiesce.”