Job 8:9
(For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow;)
Noyes 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
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
10Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; They pass away without hope.
Job 14:2He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 82:5They are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.
Psalms 102:11My life is like a declining shadow, And I wither like grass.
Psalms 144:4Man is like a vapor; His day is like a shadow that passeth away.
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 →