10 Do not say, “Why were the old days(A) better than these?”
    For it is not wise to ask such questions.

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10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

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Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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