Job 20:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,”
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BSBPD
“Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 20:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Job 8:8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
- Job 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
- Psalms 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
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