「請你詢問上代，思念他們祖先所查究的。

“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。

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。

「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.

就是智慧人從列祖所受，傳講而不隱瞞的事。

「你去問，在你先前的時代，自從上帝造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，曾有過或聽過這樣的大事嗎？

你當回想上古之日，思念歷代之年；問你的父親，他必告訴你；問你的長者，他必向你述說。

這些事發生在他們身上，要作為鑒戒，而且寫下來正是要警戒我們這末世的人。

我們這裏有白髮的和年老的，比你父親還年長。

只有活人，活人必稱謝你，像我今日稱謝你一樣。為父的，必使兒女知道你的信實。

從前所寫的聖經都是為教導我們寫的，要使我們藉着忍耐和因聖經所生的安慰，得着盼望。

年老的有智慧，壽高的有知識。

是我們所聽見、所知道，我們的祖宗告訴我們的。我們不要向子孫隱瞞這些事，而要將耶和華的美德和他的能力，並他所行的奇事，述說給後代聽。

布西人巴拉迦的兒子以利戶回答說：「我年輕，你們年長，因此我退讓，不敢向你們陳述我的意見。我說：『年長的當先說話；壽高的當以智慧教導人。』

上帝啊，你在古時，我們列祖的日子所做的事，我們親耳聽見了，我們的列祖曾為我們述說。