Job 8:9

For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers;—

10Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?

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Cross References

Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years,—Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.

Job 7:6My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.

Job 14:2As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Psalms 82:5They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

Psalms 102:11My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

Psalms 144:4The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, 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 →

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