Job 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Cross-reference
Job 15:7 mocks Job as if he were the first man, while verse 10 appeals to ancient authority—both in the same speech.
Job 15:18 references tradition from fathers, reinforcing the appeal to aged wisdom in verse 10.
Job 8:8-10 also appeals to the fathers and tradition, reinforcing Eliphaz’s reliance on aged wisdom as authority.
Job 12:20 counters: God can remove discernment from elders, undermining the very authority Eliphaz invokes.
In Job 32:6, Elihu contrasts his youth with the aged, highlighting the same age dynamic from a deferential perspective.
Job 12:12 states wisdom is with the aged, directly supporting the premise Eliphaz uses in Job 15:10.
In Job 32:7, Elihu articulates the belief that age teaches wisdom, which underlies Eliphaz's claim in Job 15:10.
In Job 5:27, Eliphaz asserts his own wisdom from tradition, matching his later appeal to the aged in Job 15:10.
Job 20:4 appeals to ancient knowledge from of old, similar to Eliphaz's reliance on the aged in Job 15:10.
Psalm 119:100 claims understanding beyond the aged through God's word, contrasting with trusting aged human wisdom in Job 15:10.
Deuteronomy 32:7 commands learning from elders, echoing the value placed on aged counsel in Eliphaz's argument.
Proverbs 16:31 honors gray hair as a crown, similar to the reverence for the aged in Job 15:10.