New English Translation
Job 15:10
10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
Job 15:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
- New International Version (NIV)The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.
Context of Job 15:10
8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? 9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father. 11Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you? 12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:10
- Job 8:8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
- Job 12:20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: “I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.
- Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.
- Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.
Commentaries on Job 15:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10With us are both the gray-headed - One copy of the Chaldee Targum paraphrases the verse thus: "Truly Eliphaz the hoary-headed, and Bildad the long-lived, are among us; and Zophar, who in age surpasseth thy father." It is very likely that Eliphaz refers to himself and his friends in this verse, and not either to the old men of their tribes, or to the masters by whom they themselves were instructed. Eliphaz seems to have been the eldest of these sages; and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10With us are both the gray headed - That is, some of us who are here are much older than thy father; or we express the sentiments of such aged men. Job had admitted Job 12:12, that with the aged was wisdom, and in length of days understanding; and Eliphaz here urges that on that principle he and his friends had a claim to be heard. It would seem from this, that Job was very far from being regarded as an old man, and would probably be esteemed as in middle…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Aged men who are gray-haired claim they alone have wisdom (8:8–10; 12:20; see 12:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. On our side, thinking with us are the aged. Job had admitted that wisdom is with them (Job 12:12). Eliphaz seems to have been himself older than Job; perhaps the other two were also (Job 32:6). Job, in Job 30:1, does not refer to his three friends; it therefore forms no objection. The Arabs are proud of fulness of years.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- 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
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