Job 15:18

Job 15:18

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16 ^aHow much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
^bWho drinks iniquity like water!

17 “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,

18 What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received ^afrom their fathers,

19 To whom alone the¹ land was given,
And ^ano alien passed among them:

20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
^aAnd the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

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Barnes' Notes

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Which wise men have told from their fathers - Which they have received from their ancestors and communicated to others. Knowledge among the ancients was communicated chiefly by tradition from father to son. They had few or no written records, and hence, they embodied the results of their observation in brief, sententious maxims, and transmitted them from one generation to another.

And have not hid it - They have freely communicated the result of their observations to others.

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