King James Version
Job 15:18 in the King James Version says “Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:”
Job 15:18 · KJV
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“men have told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“from their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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