Job 15:18

18 what the wise have told and have not concealed from their family,

Job 15:18 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:18

Which wise men have told from their fathers
Men wise in the best sense, not to do evil, but to do good; not worldly wise men, but such who have wisdom, sound wisdom in the inward parts; who are wise to salvation, and who are partakers of divine and spiritual wisdom; and such men, as they would never tell an untruth, so they would never report a false or a foolish thing they had heard, nor any thing but upon a good testimony, what they have received from their fathers, who were also wise and good men; and therefore such a testimony, though not ocular, but by tradition, deserves regard:

and have not hid [it];
their fathers did not hide it from them, and what they have received from their fathers they did not hide it from their children; and so it came to be handed down from one to another with great truth, exactness, and certainty, and to be depended upon, see ( Psalms 44:1 ) ( Psalms 78:3 Psalms 78:4 ) .

Job 15:18 In-Context

16 how much less those who are abominable and corrupt, for they drink sin like water.

17 Listen to me; I will argue with you; what I've seen, I will declare to you;

18 what the wise have told and have not concealed from their family,

19 to whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed in their midst.

20 All the days of the wicked are painful; the number of years reserved for the hateful;