Christian Standard Bible
Job 8:10
10Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?
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 ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered, 9since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding? 11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water? 12While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:10 word by word
הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:10
- Job 12:7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
- Job 32:7I thought that age should speak and maturity should teach wisdom.
- Deuteronomy 6:7Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will declare your works to the next and will proclaim your mighty acts.
- Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- Proverbs 16:23The heart of a wise person instructs his mouth; it adds learning to his speech.
- Proverbs 18:15The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it.
- Matthew 12:35A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.
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
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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
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