Job 8:10

New Living Translation

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

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?

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

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 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 "Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors. ⁹ For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow. ¹⁰ But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old. ¹¹ "Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water? ¹² While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass. ¹³ The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate. ¹⁴ Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider's web. ¹⁵ They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure. ¹⁶ The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden. ¹⁷ Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

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
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."

Genesis 7:10
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

Genesis 8:12
He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

Psalms 40:1

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.

Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord , who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.

Isaiah 26:8
Lord , we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.

Romans 8:25
But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

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.