Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

what was declared by wise men
and was not suppressed by their ancestors,

New American Standard Bible

What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,

King James Version

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

International Standard Version

which is what wise men have explained, who didn't withhold anything from their ancestors.

A Conservative Version

which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,

American Standard Version

(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

Amplified


What wise men have [freely] told,
And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers,

Bible in Basic English

(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

Darby Translation

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

Julia Smith Translation

Which the wise ones will announce, and he hid it not from their fathers.

King James 2000

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

Lexham Expanded Bible

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

Modern King James verseion

that which wise men have told, and have not hidden from their fathers;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which wise men have told, and hath not been hid from their fathers:

NET Bible

what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

New Heart English Bible

(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

The Emphasized Bible

Which, wise men, tell, and deny not that which is from their fathers.

Webster

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

World English Bible

(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

Youngs Literal Translation

Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

and have not hid
כּחד 
Kachad 
Usage: 32

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

17 Listen to me and I will inform you.
I will describe what I have seen,
18 what was declared by wise men
and was not suppressed by their ancestors,
19 the land was given to them alone
when no foreigner passed among them.

Cross References

Job 8:8

For ask the previous generation,
and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

Job 15:10

Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us,
men older than your father.

Psalm 71:18

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

Psalm 78:3-6

things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

Isaiah 38:19

The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.

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