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Job 8:10

Job 8:10
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Can the rush grow up without mire?.... No, at least not long, or so as to lift up his head on high, as the word signifies (a); the rush or bulrush, which seems to be meant, delights in watery places,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Shall not they teach thee - The results of human conduct, and the great principles on which God governs the world. And utter words out of their heart - Dr. Good renders this, “And well forth the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 8:8-19

Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

words out of their heart Words not the result of hasty and superficial generalizing, but of an experience which the lengthened lives of these men had enabled them to pass through, and the principles…