Job

Job 8:8–10

⁸Please inquire of past generations

and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

⁹For we were born yesterday and know nothing;

our days on earth are but a shadow.

¹⁰Will they not teach you and tell you,

and speak from their understanding?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Please	נָ֭א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
inquire	שְׁאַל־	šə·’al-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
of past	רִישׁ֑וֹן	rî·šō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H7223 former, first, chief
generations	לְדֹ֣ר	lə·ḏōr	Preposition; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
and consider	וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן	wə·ḵō·w·nên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H3559 be firm
the discoveries	לְחֵ֣קֶר	lə·ḥê·qer	Preposition; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2714 searching, thing (to be) searched out
of their fathers	אֲבוֹתָֽם׃	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we	אֲ֭נַחְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
yesterday	תְמ֣וֹל	ṯə·mō·wl	Adverb	H8543 yesterday
and know	נֵדָ֑ע	nê·ḏā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H3045 know
nothing	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
our days	יָמֵ֣ינוּ	yā·mê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H3117 day
on	עֲלֵי־	‘ă·lê-	Preposition	H5921 height
earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
are but a shadow	צֵ֖ל	ṣêl	Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will they	הֵ֣ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
teach you	י֭וֹרוּךָ	yō·w·rū·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
and tell	יֹ֣אמְרוּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
you	לָ֑ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
and speak	יוֹצִ֥אוּ	yō·w·ṣi·’ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
from their understanding	וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם	ū·mil·lib·bām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 8:8 Job 15:18 · Deuteronomy 32:7 · Deuteronomy 4:32 · Romans 15:4 · 1 Corinthians 10:11

Job 8:9 1 Chronicles 29:15 · Psalm 144:4 · Job 14:2 · Psalm 102:11 · Genesis 47:9 · Job 7:6 · Psalm 39:5 · Psalm 90:4

Job 8:10 Proverbs 18:15 · Matthew 12:35

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.