Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, ‘How do you advise me to respond to this people? ’
Job 8:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For inquire, I pray you, of the former age and apply yourself to that which their fathers have searched out, American Standard Version (1901) For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out Common English Bible Ask a previous generation and verify the findings of your ancestors, Catholic Public Domain Version For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For inquire of the former generation: and search diligently into the memory of the fathers |
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, ‘How do you advise me to respond to this people? ’
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Look, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood it.
Both the grey-haired and the elderly are with us – older than your father.
what the wise have declared and not concealed, that came from their ancestors,
Don’t you know that ever since antiquity, from the time a human was placed on earth,
The living, only the living can thank you, as I do today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
Hear this, you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
These things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages , have come.
Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will teach you.
‘Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?