Job 20:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Gen 9:1-3 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
  • Job 15:10 : 10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
  • Job 32:7 : 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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    18 Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

    19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

    20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

    21 [ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

  • 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • 21 Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Job 15:7-9
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    7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

    9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

  • 6 Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

  • 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

  • Job 10:4-6
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    4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

    5 Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,

    6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

  • 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

  • 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • 10 Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

  • 1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

  • 3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

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    8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

  • 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • 16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 2 Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

  • 13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

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    12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

  • 2 What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

  • 27 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

  • 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • 11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

  • 3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

  • 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

  • 4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

  • 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

  • 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • 4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

  • 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

  • 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

  • 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

  • 20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 22 Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?