God’s Word Translation
Job 8:10
10Won’t their words teach you? Won’t they share their thoughts with you?
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
8“Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned. 9We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing. Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow. Won’t their words teach you? Won’t they share their thoughts with you? 11“Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water? 12Even if they were fresh and not cut, they would wither quicker than grass.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:10 word by word
הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 8:10
- Job 12:7“Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you.
- Job 32:7I thought, ‘Age should speak, and experience should teach wisdom.’
- Deuteronomy 6:7Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up.
- Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will praise your deeds to the next. Each generation will talk about your mighty acts.
- Hebrews 11:4Faith led Abel to offer God a better sacrifice than Cain’s sacrifice. Through his faith Abel received God’s approval, since God accepted his sacrifices. Through his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
- Hebrews 12:1Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.
- Proverbs 16:23A wise person’s heart controls his speech, and what he says helps others learn.
- Proverbs 18:15The mind of a person who has understanding acquires knowledge. The ears of wise people seek knowledge.
- Matthew 12:35Good people do the good things that are in them. But evil people do the evil things that are in them.
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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