Iyov 8:8-10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁸ For inquire, now, of the dor rishon (former age), and consider the research of their avot;

⁹ —For we are but of temol (yesterday, etmol) and know nothing, because yameinu (our days) upon earth are a tzel (shadow)—

¹⁰ Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and bring forth words out of their lev?