Job 8:9
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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?
Cross References
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.”
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Psalms 144:4Man is like a 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 →