Job 8:9
(We were only born yesterday and know nothing 1 because our days on earth are a shadow). 1
Unlocked Literal 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 ask the former generations, 1 and give your attention to what our ancestors learned. 1
10Will they not teach you and tell you? 1 Will they not speak words from their hearts? 1
Cross References
Genesis 47:9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my travels are a hundred and thirty. The years of my life have been few and painful. They have not been as long as those of my ancestors.”
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; 1 they pass without hope. 1
Job 14:2He sprouts from the ground like a flower and is cut down; 1 he flees like a shadow and does not last. 1
Psalms 82:5They neither know nor understand; 1 they wander around in the darkness; 1 all the foundations of the earth crumble. 1
Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that fades, 1 and I have withered like grass. 1
Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; 1 his days are like a passing shadow. 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 →