Translations
Modern
…what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
Traditional
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Literal
…what the wise have brought forward and have not concealed from their fathers,
Latin
Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos:
Original
Hebrew
English
…what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
Notes
when no foreigner passed among them: Eliphaz's contempt for foreign ideas is ironic. Wisdom literature is more international than other Old Testament writings.