What Does Job 8:10 Mean in the King James?
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for “teach” shares its root with “instruction,” so wisdom spoken from the heart is also a way being pointed out.
THE MEANING
This verse presents a voice that can still reach you: its teaching points a direction, and its words come from the heart. Wisdom here moves through a living exchange, one heart gives words, and another can receive them.
THE ROOT
יוֹרוּךָ
yôrûkā
GROWS FROM
ירה
y-r-h
To point or direct; also to instruct, with the image of casting or shooting.
The Hebrew verb rendered “teach” grows from a root of pointing or directing. תּוֹרָה (torah), “instruction,” grows from the same seed: teaching is a direction offered, not merely information passed along.
ALSO GROWS
torah: Instruction.
תּוֹרָה
It shares the root behind “teach,” revealing instruction as a way being pointed out.
moreh: Teacher; one who instructs.
מוֹרֶה
The teacher is the one who directs another through words.
יוֹצִיאוּ
yôtsîʾû
GROWS FROM
יצא
y-ts-ʾ
To go out, emerge, or come forth.
“utter” in this verse is yôtsîʾû. The verb pictures words being brought forth from an inner source. Wisdom becomes audible as what the heart gives form to and brings into speech.
ALSO GROWS
yatsa: To go out or emerge.
יָצָא
The same root makes speech an emergence from within.
motsa: What proceeds or comes forth; an utterance.
מוֹצָא
This branch can describe what proceeds from the lips, echoing the words that come from the heart.
THE PATTERN
Wisdom passes between people as heart-shaped words that point a way.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.THE THREAD
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:The Hebrew verb for “teach” in Job comes from יָרָה (yarah), the root that also gives תּוֹרָה (torah), “instruction.” Proverbs uses torah for the mother’s teaching, joining spoken instruction and teaching from the heart through one shared root.
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