Job 8:8-10
New International Version
Job 8:8-10
English Standard Version
8 “For (A)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what (B)the fathers have searched out.
9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are (C)a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
Job 8:8-10
King James Version
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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Job 8:8-10
New King James Version
8 “For(A) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
9 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?
Footnotes
- Job 8:9 Lit. not
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