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Job 8:8

God's Word

“Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned.

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King Rehoboam sought advice from the older leaders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked, “What do you advise? How should I respond to these people?”

“Wisdom is with the ancient one. The one who has had many days has insight.

“My eye has certainly seen all of this! My ear has heard and understood it.

Both the old and the gray-haired are among us. They are older than your father.

I’ll tell you what wise people have declared and what was not kept secret from their ancestors.

“Don’t you know that from ancient times, from the time humans were placed on earth,

O God, we have heard it with our own ears. Our ancestors have told us about the miracle you performed in their day, in days long ago.

Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children.

Listen to this, you leaders! Open your ears, all inhabitants of this land! Nothing like this has ever happened in your lifetime or in your ancestors’ lifetime.

Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.

These things happened to make them an example for others. These things were written down as a warning for us who are living in the closing days of history.

Remember a time long ago. Think about all the past generations. Ask your fathers to remind you, and your leaders to tell you.

Search the distant past, long before your time. Start from the very day God created people on earth. Search from one end of heaven to the other. Has anything as great as this ever happened before, or has anything like it ever been heard of?




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