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Job 8:8–9

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8“For einquire, please, of the former age,

And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

9For fwe were born yesterday, and know 3nothing,

Because our days on earth are a shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Lit. not

Cross references

  1. eDeut. 4:32; 32:7; Job 15:18; 20:4
  2. fGen. 47:9; [1 Chr. 29:15]; Job 7:6; [Ps. 39:5; 102:11; 144:4]

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:)