Job 8:10
Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
In Context
11Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:19Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
Job 32:7I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
Hebrews 12:1For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →