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“Indeed,[a] please inquire of former generations,
and consider what their ancestors have found,[b]
for we are of yesterday, and we do not know,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they themselves[c] not teach you and tell you[d]
and utter[e] words from their heart?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:8 Or “For”
  2. Job 8:8 Literally “as to the finding of their fathers”
  3. Job 8:10 Emphatic personal pronoun
  4. Job 8:10 Literally “they will say to you”
  5. Job 8:10 Literally “they will bring out”

“Please (A)inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because (B)our days on earth are as a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds?

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