KJV ORIGINAL
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Which wise men have shared openly, passing down from their ancestors without keeping it secret:
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows how wisdom is meant to be shared openly from one generation to the next, not hidden away.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Eliphaz's second speech to Job, where he's defending traditional wisdom teachings. In ancient cultures, wisdom was primarily passed down orally through family lines and community elders. Eliphaz is appealing to the authority of ancestral knowledge to support his arguments about why suffering comes to people.
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