Job 8:9
(For we are of yesterday, and know nothing; 1 For our life upon the earth is a shadow): 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
In Context
8For ask of the former generation, 1 And search diligently among the race of our fathers 1
10Shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, 1 And bring out words from their heart? 1
Cross References
Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, 1 And has perished in vain hope. 1
Job 14:2Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; 1 And he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue. 1
Psalms 82:5They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; 1 And let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all. 1
Psalms 102:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, 1 The Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. 1
Psalms 144:4Generation after generation shall praise thy works, 1 And tell of thy power. 1
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 →