Job 8:9
What does Job 8:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 8:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
KJV
King James Version · 1611(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862(For of yesterday we <FI>are<Fi> , and we know not, For a shadow <FI>are<Fi> our days on earth.)
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow)
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
- Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
- Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
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