King James Version
Job 15:10 in the King James Version says “With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.”
Job 15:10 · KJV
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“With us are both the grayheaded”
H7867properly, to become aged, i.e., (by implication) to grow gray
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“men much”
H3524vast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mighty; of time, aged), or in number, many
“than thy father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“elder”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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