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Deuteronomy 32:7

5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

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.

8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Remember the days of old, consider the years of generation upon generation. Ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
ÅB
Kom de eldgamle dager i hu, gi akt på årene fra slekt til slekt! Spør din far, han vil kunngjøre deg det - dine gamle, de vil si deg det.
OTB
Husk de gamle dager, tenk på årene sett av mange generasjoner. Spør din far, og han vil vise deg; dine eldste, og de vil minne deg.
B1930
Kom de eldgamle dager i hu, gi akt på årene fra slekt til slekt! Spør din far, han vil kunngjøre dig det - dine gamle, de vil si dig det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 78:3–4

    Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

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  • Psalms 44:1

    We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

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  • Job 8:8–10

    For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

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  • Isaiah 46:9

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

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  • Psalms 77:5–6

    I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:32

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

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  • Exodus 13:14

    And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

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  • Isaiah 63:11

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

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