⁸ For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

¹⁸ Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.

⁷ Remember days of old -- Understand the years of many generations -- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

³² `For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the `one' end of the heavens even unto the `other' end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it?

¹¹ And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

⁴ for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

¹⁹ The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

³ That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

⁴ We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

¹ To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

⁶ And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: -- Young I `am' in days, and ye `are' age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion.

⁷ I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

¹⁰ Both the gray-headed And the very aged `are' among us -- Greater than thy father `in' days.

¹² With the very aged `is' wisdom, And `with' length of days understanding.