Job 8:8

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Summary

Job 8:8

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

Inquire

General references

Job 12:12

Job 32:7

Bible References

Inquire

“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.

“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,
“I am young in years and you are old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

“Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

“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.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our fathers have told us
The work that You did in their days,
In the days of old.

Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

General references

“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.

“I thought

age should speak,

And increased years should teach wisdom.