Job 8:8–9
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Learn from Past Generations
8“Ask the people of past generations.
Find out what their ancestors had learned.
9We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing.
Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.
Copyright 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
For ask the previous generation,
and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,
since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Indeed, please inquire of former generations,
and consider what their ancestors have found,
for we are of yesterday, and we do not know,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age,
And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
Because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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