“For(A) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
For (B)we were born yesterday, and know [a]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:9 Lit. not

“For inquire, I pray you, of bygone ages,
    and consider what the fathers have found;
for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
    for our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you, and tell you,
    and utter words out of their understanding?

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12 Wisdom is with aged men,
And with [a]length of days, understanding.

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  1. Job 12:12 Long life

12 Wisdom is with the aged,
    and understanding in length of days.

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So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:

“I am (A)young in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.

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And Eli′hu the son of Bar′achel the Buzite answered:

“I am young in years,
    and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
    to declare my opinion to you.

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I said, [a]‘Age should speak,
And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:7 Lit. Days, i.e., years

I said, ‘Let days speak,
    and many years teach wisdom.’

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