Job 8:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.”
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“For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”
King James Version · Public Domain“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(For of yesterday we <FI>are<Fi> , and we know not, For a shadow <FI>are<Fi> our days on earth.)”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 8:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 47:9“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.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Psalms 39:5You, 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
- Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Psalms 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
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