Bible Strands
Job 15:18
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job in chapter 15, demanding attention before he outlines ancestral tradition and the original settlement of the land.
The words — The Hebrew יַגִּ֑ידוּ (ya.Gi.du) translates literally as "they have told," while כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ (khi.cha.Du) means "they have hidden," establishing that the recorded tradition was both proclaimed and preserved.
The thread — This reliance on ancestral testimony appears in Job 8:8, Job 15:10, and Psalms 71:18, where each passage appeals to the elderly or past generations to anchor current claims.
Why it lands — The verse explicitly states that certain knowledge was transmitted by the wise and kept from concealment by their ancestors, requiring the listener to measure the current argument against that established record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Cross-references
- Job 8:8 Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 15:10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
- Psalms 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 78:3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Isaiah 38:19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.