Job 8 · Verse 10

Job 8:10

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 8:10, King James Version

Job 8:10 in other translations

BSBWill they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
WEBShall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
ASVShall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
YLTDo they not shew thee--speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?
DARBYShall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
BBEWill they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
WebsterWill they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

What does Job 8:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. teach thee--Job 6:24 had said, "Teach me." Bildad, therefore, says, "Since you want teaching, inquire of the fathers. They will teach thee." utter words--more than mere speaking; "put forth well-considered words." out of their heart--from observation and reflection; not merely, from their mouth: such, as Bildad insinuates, were Job's words. Job 8:11-13 embody in poetic and sententious form (probably the fragment of an old poem) the observation of the elders. The double point of comparison between the ungodly and the paper-reed is: 1. the luxuriant prosperity at first; and, 2. the sudden destruction.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Shall not they teach thee - Wilt thou not treat their maxims with the utmost deference and respect? They utter words from their heart - what they say is the fruit of long and careful experience.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 8:8-19

Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to former times. Bildad refers to the testimony of the ancients. Those teach best that utter words out of their heart, that speak from an experience of spiritual and divine things. A rush growing in fenny ground, looking very…

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Job 8:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808
הֵ֣םhemtheyH1992
י֭וֹרוּךָYo.ru.khawill they instruct youH3384
יֹ֣אמְרוּYo.me.ruwill they say?H559
לָ֑ךְLakhto you
וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗םu.mil.li.Bamand from heart theirH3820
יוֹצִ֥אוּyo.Tzi.'uwill they bring forth?H3318
מִלִּֽים\׃mi.LimwordsH4405

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 8:10

  • Proverbs 18:15

    The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:35

    A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Psalms 145:4

    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Job 32:7

    I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

  • Proverbs 16:23

    The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Hebrews 11:4

    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

  • Job 12:7-8

    But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shall not.
12:7,8; 32:7; De 6:7; 11:19; Ps 145:4; Heb 11:4; 12:1
utter words.
Pr 16:23; 18:15; Mt 12:35

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Context

  • Job 8:9

    (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

  • Job 8:10

    Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

  • Job 8:11

    Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

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Job 8:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿No te enseñarán ellos, te dirán, y de su corazón sacarán palabras?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux-là ne t’enseigneront-ils pas, ne te parleront-ils pas, et de leurs cœurs ne tireront-ils pas des paroles?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Werden jene dich nicht belehren, dirs sagen, und Worte aus ihrem Herzen hervorbringen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.