Job 8:9

New International Reader's Version

After all, we were born only yesterday. So we don’t know anything. Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope.

2 Chronicles 10:6

Then King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was still living. Rehoboam asked them, “What advice can you give me? How should I answer these people?”

Job 14:1

“Human beings have only a few days to live. Their lives are full of trouble.

Job 14:2

They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

Job 32:7

I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak first. Those who have lived for many years should teach people how to be wise.’

Job 7:6

“My days pass by faster than a weaver can work. They come to an end. I don’t have any hope.

Job 8:10

Won’t your people of long ago teach you and tell you? Won’t the things they said help you understand?

Psalm 102:11

The days of my life are like an evening shadow. I dry up like grass.

Psalm 102:12

But Lord, you are seated on your throne forever. Your fame will continue for all time to come.

Psalm 144:4

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a few days to live. My whole life doesn’t seem like anything to you. No one lasts any longer than a breath. This is true even for those who feel secure.

Psalm 82:5

“You leaders don’t know anything. You don’t understand anything. You are in the dark about what is right. Law and order have been destroyed all over the world.

Psalm 90:4

To you a thousand years are like a day that has just gone by. They are like a few hours of the night.