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Job 8:8-10
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8 “Ask the former generation(A)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(B)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(C)
10 Will they not instruct(D) you and tell you?
    Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(E)

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Job 8:8-10
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Inquire Now of Former Generations

8 “Inquire now of former generations
    and reflect on what their ancestors came to realize.
9 For we are only born yesterday and know nothing,
    since our days on earth are but a shadow.[a]
10 Will they not instruct you and tell you,
    and utter words out of their understanding?

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  1. Job 8:9 Our days . . . are but a shadow: this is a frequent theme in the Wisdom Books (see Job 14:2; 1 Chr 29:15; Pss 102:12; 144:4; Eccl 6:12; 8:13).
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