Job 8:10
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
In Context
9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Job 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set 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 →