ASV: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
BBE: Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
DBY: Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
KJV: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
JPS: Say not thou: 'How was it that the former days were better than these?' for it is not out of wisdom that thou inquirest concerning this.
WBS: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
WEB: Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
YLT: Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
