Job 20:4
New Living Translation
4 “Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,
ever since people were first placed on the earth,
Psalm 115:16
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16 The heavens belong to the Lord,
but he has given the earth to all humanity.
Job 32:7
New Living Translation
7 I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak,
for wisdom comes with age.’
Job 15:10
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10 On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!
Job 8:8-9
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8 “Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
9 For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Genesis 9:1-3
New Living Translation
God Confirms His Covenant
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.
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Genesis 1:28
New Living Translation
28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
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