If for some techno-apologist b.s. reason you don't believe the computing experience is a lot crappier than it should be:

x@z:~/Dev/scbk$ java --version
Unrecognized option: --version
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

x@z:~/Dev/scbk$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_151"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)