7. Though your beginning was small,Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
8. “For inquire, please, of the former age,And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
9. For we were born yesterday, and know nothing,Because our days on earth are a shadow.
10. Will they not teach you and tell you,And utter words from their heart?
11. “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the reeds flourish without water?