Job 15:17-19

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷“Listen to me. I’ll explain things to you.
    Let me tell you what I’ve seen.
¹⁸I’ll tell you what those who are wise have said.
    They don’t hide anything they’ve received
    from their people of long ago.
¹⁹The land was given only to those people.
    Their wisdom didn’t come from outsiders.
    And here’s what those who are wise have said.

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Job 15:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

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Job 15:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷“Listen to me and I will explain to you;
    let me tell you what I have seen,^(A)
¹⁸what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors^(B)
¹⁹(to whom alone the land^(C) was given
    when no foreigners moved among them):

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Job 15:17-19

New King James Version

¹⁷“I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
¹⁸What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received ^(A)from their fathers,
¹⁹To whom alone the ^[a]land was given,
And ^(B)no alien passed among them:

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Job 15:19 Or earth

Job 15:17-19

English Standard Version

¹⁷“I will show you; hear me,
    and what I have seen I will declare
¹⁸(what wise men have told,
    without hiding it ^(A)from their fathers,
¹⁹to whom alone the land was given,
    and no ^(B)stranger passed among them).