Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask thy father, and he will show thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee.

New American Standard Bible

“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

King James Version

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Holman Bible

Remember the days of old;
consider the years long past.
Ask your father, and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will teach you.

International Standard Version

Remember the days of old, reflect on the years of previous generations. Ask your father, and he'll tell you; your elders will inform you.

American Standard Version

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Amplified


“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Bible in Basic English

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

Darby Translation

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Remember the days of eternity; Discern the years of generation and generation: Ask thy father, and he will announce to thee; Thy old men, and they shall say to thee.

King James 2000

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remember [the] old days, {the years long past}; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders and they will tell you.

Modern King James verseion

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Remember the days that are past: consider the years from time to time. Ask thy father and he will show thee; thine elders, and they will tell thee.

NET Bible

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

New Heart English Bible

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

The Emphasized Bible

Remember the days of age-past times, Remark the years of many generations, - Ask thy father and he will tell thee, Thine elders and they will say to thee: -

Webster

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

World English Bible

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Remember days of old -- Understand the years of many generations -- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of old
עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

the years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

of many
דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

ask
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

and he will shew
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

and they will tell

Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

Moses' Song

6 Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee. 7 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask thy father, and he will show thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.



Cross References

Psalm 44:1

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did in their days, in the days of old.

Exodus 13:14

And it shall be, when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shall say to him, By strength of hand LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Isaiah 63:11

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them,

Deuteronomy 4:32

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven to the other, whether there has been [anything] as this great thing is, or has been he

Judges 6:13

And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if LORD is with us, then why has all this befallen us? And where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now LORD has cast us of

Job 8:8-10

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

Psalm 10:6

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

Psalm 77:5-6

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Psalm 77:8

Has his loving kindness entirely gone forever? Does his promise fail for evermore?

Psalm 77:11-12

I will make mention of the deeds of LORD, for I will remember thy wonders of old.

Psalm 78:3-4

which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

Psalm 119:52

I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself.

Isaiah 46:9

Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else. [I am] God, and there is none like me,

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