Job 8:9
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8:9For we were born yesterday26 and do not have knowledge,
since our days on earth are but a shadow.27
Footnotes
- 26 The Hebrew has “we are of yesterday,” the adverb functioning as a predicate. Bildad’s point is that they have not had time to acquire great knowledge because they are recent.
- 27 E. Dhorme (Job, 116) observes that the shadow is the symbol of ephemeral things (14:2; 17:7; Ps 144:4). The shadow passes away quickly (116).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
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NLTNew Living Translation
For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
for we are of yesterday, and we do not know,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
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KJV 1900King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
Because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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