Job 8:9 “For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but…”

Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

World English Bible

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

American Standard Version

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

Geneva Bible 1599

(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

Darby Translation

For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

Young's Literal Translation

(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)

Bible in Basic English

(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

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Cross references

“we are but”

1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 144:4 Psalm 102:11 Job 7:6 Genesis 47:9 Psalm 39:5

1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Psalm 144:4 · BSB

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 102:11 · BSB

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

Job 7:6 · BSB

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Genesis 47:9 · BSB

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Psalm 39:5 · BSB

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Also

Job 14:2

Job 14:2 · BSB

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

10Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

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