Job 15:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:8 : 8 “For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
  • Job 15:10 : 10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

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