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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 inquire of past generations.
    Find out about the learning of their fathers.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
    because our days on earth are a shadow.)
10 Shall they not teach you, tell you,
    and utter words out of their heart?

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