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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 15:18

In 11 translations

BSB
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
KJV
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
WEB
(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
ASV
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
LSV
Which the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers.
YLT
Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.
DBY
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
DRC
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
GNV
Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
JPS
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
LXXE
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσι, καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρες αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 8:8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
  • Psalms 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has…
  • Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
  • Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
  • Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

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