Job 8:9

New Century Version

because we were only born yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are only a shadow.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are like foreigners and strangers, as our ancestors were. Our time on earth is like a shadow. There is no hope.

2 Chronicles 10:6

King Rehoboam asked the elders who had advised Solomon during his lifetime, “How do you think I should answer these people?”

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Job 14:2

We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.

Job 32:7

I thought, ‘Older people should speak, and those who have lived many years should teach wisdom.’

Job 7:6

“My days go by faster than a weaver’s tool, and they come to an end without hope.

Job 8:10

Those people will teach you and tell you and speak about what they know.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a passing shadow; I am like dried grass.

Psalm 102:12

But, Lord, you rule forever, and your fame goes on and on.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Psalm 82:5

“You know nothing. You don’t understand. You walk in the dark, while the world is falling apart.

Psalm 90:4

To you, a thousand years is like the passing of a day, or like a few hours in the night.