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Job 8:7-9
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7 Your beginning may be small,
    but later years[a] will be very great.

8 “Inquire of the previous generation, won’t you please?
    Consider what their forefathers searched out.
9 Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing,
    for our time on earth is only a shadow.

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  1. Job 8:7 Lit. days
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Job 8:7-9
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7 Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(A) will your future be.(B)

8 “Ask the former generation(C)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(D)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(E)

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