Job 15:18

18 I'll tell you what wise people have declared and what was not kept secret from their ancestors.

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 will he trust the one who is disgusting and corrupt, the one who drinks wickedness like water.

17 "I'll tell you; listen to me! I'll relate what I have seen.

18 I'll tell you what wise people have declared and what was not kept secret from their ancestors.

19 (The land was given to them alone, and no stranger passed through their land.)

20 "The wicked person is tortured all his days. Only a few years are reserved for the ruthless person.