Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
New American Standard Bible
Because
King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Holman Bible
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
International Standard Version
Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
A Conservative Version
(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
American Standard Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
Amplified
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
Bible in Basic English
(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Darby Translation
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
Julia Smith Translation
(For yesterday are we and we shall not know, for our days upon earth are a shadow:)
King James 2000
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Lexham Expanded Bible
for we [are of] yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth [are] a shadow.
Modern King James verseion
for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our days upon earth are but a very shadow.
New Heart English Bible
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
The Emphasized Bible
For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
Webster
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
World English Bible
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
Youngs Literal Translation
(For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)
Themes
Ignorance » Man's » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
Man » Ignorance of » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Topics
Interlinear
T@mowl
Yada`
Yowm
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
8 "For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; 9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Psalm 102:11
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
Psalm 144:4
People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
Job 14:2
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 90:4
Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.