9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)


In Context

6 If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

8 |Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

11 |Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

Job 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9(For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:)