请你查问前几代，留意他们列祖所查究的。

“请你考问前代，追念他们的列祖所查究的。

“请你询问上代，思念他们祖先所查究的。

“请你询问上代，思念他们祖先所查究的。

“你要请教先辈，探究祖先的经验。

請你考問前代，追念他們的列祖所查究的。

「請你詢問上代，思念他們祖先所查究的。

「請你詢問上代，思念他們祖先所查究的。

「你要請教先輩，探究祖先的經驗。

請你查問前幾代，留意他們列祖所查究的。

『你請查問前代，注意他們列祖所考察的；（

我為昨日之人、罔有知識、在世之日如影、請爾詢於前代、務厥祖所考驗、

我生無幾日、如影靡定、知識未擴、所貴乎博稽古昔、取法前人、

爾考問前代、追念列祖所經驗、

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

“ Find out what our parents taught. Discover what those who lived before them learned.

“ For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.

“ Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,

“ Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

“ For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

“ For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

“ Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

就是智慧人所传讲的，并没有隐瞒从他们列祖所领受的。

“你问问在你以前过去的日子，自从神创造人在地上以来，从天这边到天那边，有没有人行过这样的大事，听过像这样的事呢？

你要回想古时的日子，思念历代以来的年月；问你的父亲，他必告诉你；问你的长者，他们必对你说。

这些事发生在他们身上，作为鉴戒，并且记下来，为了要警戒我们这些末世的人。

我们中间有白头发的，又有年纪老的，年岁比你的父亲还大。

只有活人才能称谢你，像我今日一样；作父亲的，要让儿女知道你的信实。

从前经上所写的，都是为教训我们而写的，好使我们藉着忍耐和圣经中的安慰得着盼望。

你们说：老年的有智慧，长寿的有聪明。

就是我们所听过所知道的，也是我们的列祖告诉我们的，我们不把这些事向他们的子孙隐瞒，却要把耶和华应得的赞美、他的能力，和他所行的奇事，都向后代的人述说。

布西人巴拉迦的儿子以利户回答说：“我年纪轻，你们年纪大，因此我拘束畏惧，不敢向你们表达我的意见。我心里想：‘年长的当先说话，寿高的当以智慧教训人。’

神啊！你在古时，在我们列祖的日子所作的事，我们亲耳听见了，我们的列祖也给我们述说过。