Job 15:18
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
In Context
17I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen.
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
Cross References
Job 8:8For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
Psalms 71:18And unto old age and grey hairs: O God, forsake me not, Until I shew forth thy arm to all the generation that is to come: Thy power,
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →