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(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden it;
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The Appeal to Ancient Wisdom
Commentators explain that Eliphaz is bolstering his argument by appealing to tradition. In a time before widespread written records, wisdom was passed down orally from father to son. By claiming his knowledge comes from 'wise men' who received it from 'their fathers,' Eliphaz presents his views as time-tested truths from a respected lineage.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Which wise men have told from their fathers - Which they have received from their ancestors and communicated to others. Knowledge a…
19th Century
Anglican
Which wise men have told from their fathers. —Here he adopts the language of Bildad (Job 8:8), appealing both to his own exper…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which wise men have told from their fathers Men wise in the best sense, not to do evil, but to do good; not worldly …
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Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz had censured Job for provoking God to an argument, which he thought amounted to a presumption of wisdom, he now censures him for a pr…
