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

“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。

请你查问前几代，留意他们列祖所查究的。

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.

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.

And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers—

“ Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?

Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will inform you. Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

On our side are aged, gray haired men much older than your father!

Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.

Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.

stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.

Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,“ I am young and you are old, so I held back from telling you what I think.I thought,‘ Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.’

O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago: