Job 15:18

New Living Translation

And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers—

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
what the wise have declared and not concealed,that came from their ancestors,

Hebrew Names Version
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden it;

King James Version
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

English Standard Version
(what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers,

New Century Version
These are things wise men have told; their ancestors told them, and they have hidden nothing.

New English Translation
what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

Amplified Bible
What wise men have [freely] told, And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers,

New American Standard Bible
What wise people have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,

World English Bible
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:

Legacy Standard Bible
What wise men have told,And have not concealed from their fathers,

Berean Standard Bible
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

Contemporary English Version
wisdom known by others since ancient times.

Complete Jewish Bible
wise men have told it, and it wasn't hidden from their fathers either,

Darby Translation
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

Easy-to-Read Version
I will tell you what wise men would say, things they heard from their fathers and then freely passed on. They didn't hide any secrets from me.

George Lamsa Translation
That which wise men have declared, and did not hide from their fathers;

Good News Translation
Those who are wise have taught me truths which they learned from their ancestors, and they kept no secrets hidden.

Lexham English Bible
what wise men have told, and they have not hidden that which is from their ancestors,

Literal Translation
that which wise men have told and have not hidden from their fathers;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which wyse men haue tolde, & hath not bene hyd from their fathers:

American Standard Version
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

Bible in Basic English
(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;

King James Version (1611)
Which wise men haue tolde from their fathers, and haue not hid it:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

English Revised Version
(Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris.

Update Bible Version
(Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;

Webster's Bible Translation
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:

New King James Version
What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,

New Life Bible
what wise men have told that they learned from their fathers. They have not hidden anything.

New Revised Standard
what sages have told, and their ancestors have not hidden,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Which, wise men, tell, and deny not that which is from their fathers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.

Revised Standard Version
(what wise men have told, and their fathers have not hidden,

Young's Literal Translation
Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ "If you will listen, I will show you. I will answer you from my own experience. ¹⁸ And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers— ¹⁹ from those to whom the land was given long before any foreigners arrived. ²⁰ "The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless. ²¹ The sound of terror rings in their ears, and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer. ²² They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered. ²³ They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?' They know their day of destruction is near. ²⁴ That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle. ²⁵ For they shake their fists at God, defying the Almighty. ²⁶ Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

from their: Job 15:10, Job 8:8, Psalms 71:18, Psalms 78:3-6, Isaiah 38:19

Reciprocal: Job 13:1 - ear

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord , who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.

Genesis 15:1
Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great."

Genesis 15:2
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

Genesis 15:3
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."

Genesis 15:4
Then the Lord said to him, "No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir."

Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord told him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession."

Genesis 15:8
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?"

Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which wise men have told from their fathers,.... Men wise in the best sense, not to do evil, but to do good; not worldly wise men, but such who have wisdom, sound wisdom in the inward parts; who are wise to salvation, and who are partakers of divine and spiritual wisdom; and such men, as they would never tell an untruth, so they would never report a false or a foolish thing they had heard, nor any thing but upon a good testimony, what they have received from their fathers, who were also wise and good men; and therefore such a testimony, though not ocular, but by tradition, deserves regard:

and have not hid [it]; their fathers did not hide it from them, and what they have received from their fathers they did not hide it from their children; and so it came to be handed down from one to another with great truth, exactness, and certainty, and to be depended upon, see Psalms 44:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which wise men have told from their fathers - Which they have received from their ancestors and communicated to others. Knowledge among the ancients was communicated chiefly by tradition from father to son. They had few or no written records, and hence, they embodied the results of their observation in brief, sententious maxims, and transmitted them from one generation to another.

And have not hid it - They have freely communicated the result of their observations to others.