Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Remember the days of old;
consider the years long past.
Ask your father, and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will teach you.

New American Standard Bible

“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

King James Version

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

International Standard Version

Remember the days of old, reflect on the years of previous generations. Ask your father, and he'll tell you; your elders will inform you.

A Conservative Version

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask thy father, and he will show thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee.

American Standard Version

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Amplified


“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Bible in Basic English

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

Darby Translation

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Remember the days of eternity; Discern the years of generation and generation: Ask thy father, and he will announce to thee; Thy old men, and they shall say to thee.

King James 2000

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remember [the] old days, {the years long past}; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders and they will tell you.

Modern King James verseion

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Remember the days that are past: consider the years from time to time. Ask thy father and he will show thee; thine elders, and they will tell thee.

NET Bible

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

New Heart English Bible

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

The Emphasized Bible

Remember the days of age-past times, Remark the years of many generations, - Ask thy father and he will tell thee, Thine elders and they will say to thee: -

Webster

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

World English Bible

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Youngs Literal Translation

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:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of old
עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

the years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

of many
דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

ask
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

and he will shew
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

and they will tell

Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

Moses' Song

6 Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
7 Remember the days of old;
consider the years long past.
Ask your father, and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will teach you.
8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance
and divided the human race,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the people of Israel.



Cross References

Psalm 44:1

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:

Exodus 13:14

“In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘By the strength of His hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Isaiah 63:11

Then He remembered the days of the past,
the days of Moses and his people.
Where is He who brought them out of the sea
with the shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit among the flock?

Deuteronomy 4:32

“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

Judges 6:13

Gideon said to Him, “Please Sir, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

Job 8:8-10

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

Psalm 10:6

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

Psalm 77:5-6

I consider days of old,
years long past.

Psalm 77:8

Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?

Psalm 77:11-12

I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.

Psalm 78:3-4

things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

Psalm 119:52

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.

Isaiah 46:9

Remember what happened long ago,
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and no one is like Me.

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