Job 20:4
What does Job 20:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 20:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 32:7
I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
- Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Psalms 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- Job 8:8
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
- Job 15:10
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
- Genesis 1:28
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.
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