Job 8:10

Amplified Bible

"Will they (the fathers) not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their hearts [the deepest part of their nature]?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Will they not teach you and tell youand speak from their understanding?

Hebrew Names Version
Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart?

King James Version
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

English Standard Version
Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

New Century Version
Those people will teach you and tell you and speak about what they know.

New English Translation
Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

New American Standard Bible
"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

World English Bible
Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

Legacy Standard Bible
Will they not instruct you and tell you,And bring forth words from their hearts?

Berean Standard Bible
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

Contemporary English Version
But they will instruct you with great understanding.

Complete Jewish Bible
They will teach you, they will tell you, they will say what is in their hearts:

Darby Translation
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Easy-to-Read Version
Maybe the old people can tell you something. Maybe they will teach you what they learned.

George Lamsa Translation
And, behold, they shall teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart.

Good News Translation
But let the ancient wise people teach you; listen to what they had to say:

Lexham English Bible
Will they themselves not teach you and tell you and utter words from their heart?

Literal Translation
Shall they not teach you, speak to you, and bring forth words out of their heart?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, yee they will gladly confesse the same.

American Standard Version
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

Bible in Basic English
Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

King James Version (1611)
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, & vtter words out of their heart?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, and bring out words from their heart?

English Revised Version
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen teche thee, thei schulen speke to thee, and of her herte thei schulen bring forth spechis.

Update Bible Version
Shall not they teach you, and tell you, And utter words out of their heart?

Webster's Bible Translation
Will they not teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

New King James Version
Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

New Living Translation
But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.

New Life Bible
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak words of wisdom?

New Revised Standard
Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shall, they, not teach thee - tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

Revised Standard Version
Will they not teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their understanding?

Young's Literal Translation
Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

Contextual Overview

⁸"Inquire, please, of past generations, And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers. ⁹"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor]. ¹⁰"Will they (the fathers) not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their hearts [the deepest part of their nature]?¹¹"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water? ¹²"While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water]. ¹³"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish, ¹⁴For his confidence is fragile and breaks, And his trust is [like] a spider's web. ¹⁵"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure. ¹⁶"He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun, And his branches spread out over his garden. ¹⁷"His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks, And he gazes at a house of stones.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shall not: Job 12:7, Job 12:8, Job 32:7, Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 11:19, Psalms 145:4, Hebrews 11:4, Hebrews 12:1

utter words: Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 12:35

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
"For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth."

Genesis 7:10
And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.

Genesis 8:12
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.

Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently and expectantly for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him.

Isaiah 26:8
Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.

Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee,.... That is, the men of the former age, and their fathers before them, Job is directed to inquire of, and to prepare for a search into their records and traditions; from whom he might reasonably expect to be taught and told things that would be very instructive and useful to him in his present circumstances:

and utter words out of their heart? such as were the effect of mature judgment and long observation, and which they had laid up in their hearts, and brought out from their treasure there; and, with the greatest faithfulness and sincerity, had either committed them to writing, or delivered them in a traditionary way to their posterity, to be communicated to theirs; and which might be depended upon as true and genuine, being men of probity, uprightness, and singleness of heart; who declared sincerely what they knew, and spoke not with a double heart, having no intention to deceive, as it cannot be thought they would impose upon their own children; and therefore Job might safely receive what they uttered, and depend upon it as truth and fact; and what they said, as Jarchi observes, is as follows; or what follows Bildad collected from them, and so might Job, and think he heard them "saying", as Piscator supplies the text, what is expressed in the following verses, if not in their words, yet as their sense.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall 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 which comes upper most, and without reflection - as the Greeks say, λέγειν πᾶν ὅ τι ἐπὶ στόμα ἔλθῃ legein pan ho ti epi stoma elthē; or, as the Latins, Quicquid in buccam venerit loqui - to speak whatever comes in the mouth; but they would utter that which came from the heart - which was sincere, and the result of deep and prolonged reflection. Perhaps, also, Bildad means to insinuate that Job had uttered what was uppermost in his mind, without taking time for reflection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 8:10. Shall 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.