Job 20:4
Good News Translation
Surely you know that from ancient times, when we humans were first placed on earth,

New Revised Standard Version
Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,

Contemporary English Version
Since the time of creation, everyone has known

New American Bible
Do you not know this: from of old, since human beings were placed upon the earth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,

thou not

Job 8:8,9 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers: . . .

Job 15:10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

Job 32:7 For I hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom.

man

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

Genesis 9:1-3 And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth. . . .

Psalm 115:16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me. 4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,5That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.…
Cross References
Job 8:8
For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:

Job 15:18
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.

Job 20:3
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