Job 8:9
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth;—
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Job 7:6My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.
Job 14:2Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
Psalms 82:5They know not, nor will they understand; in darkness do they walk on: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
Psalms 102:11(102:12) My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither.
Psalms 144:4Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →