8For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:


In Context

5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.

8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

Job 8:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:8"Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8|Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers: