who do not believe in it, . although the way which those [evildoers] of olden times had to go has long been within their ken.

That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.

They believe not in it; and the example of the ancients has gone before.

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.