Job 8:10

Job 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
• New International Version (NIV)Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

Context of Job 8:10

8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart? 11Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? 12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

Job 8:10 word by word

הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• teachיָרָאyârâh yârâ' · to shootH3384
• wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Job 8:10

• Job 12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
• Job 32:7I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
• Deuteronomy 6:7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Psalms 145:4One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
• Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
• Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
• Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Commentaries on Job 8:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Shall not they teach thee - Wilt thou not treat their maxims with the utmost deference and respect? They utter words from their heart - what they say is the fruit of long and careful experience.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Shall not they teach thee - The results of human conduct, and the great principles on which God governs the world. And utter words out of their heart - Dr. Good renders this, “And well forth the sayings of their wisdom,” And supposes it means that the words of wisdom would proceed from them as water bubbles from a fountain. But this, I think, is a mere conceit. The true sense is, that they would not speak that merely which comes from the mouth, or that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to former times. Bildad refers to the testimony of the ancients. Those teach best that utter words out of their heart, that speak from an experience of spiritual and divine things. A rush growing in fenny ground, looking very green, but withering in dry…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10Bildad argued for traditional wisdom by referring to ancient traditions and history (Deuteronomy 4:32; Jeremiah 18:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. teach thee--Job 6:24 had said, "Teach me." Bildad, therefore, says, "Since you want teaching, inquire of the fathers. They will teach thee." utter words--more than mere speaking; "put forth well-considered words." out of their heart--from observation and reflection; not merely, from their mouth: such, as Bildad insinuates, were Job's words. Job 8:11-13 embody in poetic and sententious form (probably the fragment of an old poem) the observation of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 8:10

• History
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Former
• Hope
• Hypocrite
• Yesterday
• Bildad
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings