Job 8:9

Job 8:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,

and our days on earth are but a shadow.

9“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

9For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

9“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].

9For we were born yesterday and know nothing;

our days on earth are but a shadow.

9After all, we were born only yesterday.

So we don’t know anything.

Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.