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Job 8:7-9
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7 Though[a] your beginning was small,
your end[b] will be very great.
8 “Indeed,[c] please inquire of former generations,
and consider what their ancestors have found,[d]
9 for we are of yesterday, and we do not know,
for our days on earth are a shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:7 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 8:7 Hebrew “and your end”
  3. Job 8:8 Or “For”
  4. Job 8:8 Literally “as to the finding of their fathers”
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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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