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if you are moral and ethical,
    then he will rise up on your behalf
        and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.[a]
Then what you had in the past will seem small
    compared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.

Learn from Past Generations

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:6 English equivalent of this line difficult.

if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(A)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(B)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(C) will your future be.(D)

“Ask the former generation(E)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,

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