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


In Context

6 If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.

7 And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.

8 For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

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

10 Do they not shew thee — speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

11 'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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:)