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Job 8:9

NETBible	For we were born yesterday¹ and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.²
NIV © biblegateway Job 8:9	for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:9	"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
NLT © biblegateway Job 8:9	For we were born but yesterday and know so little. Our days on earth are as transient as a shadow.
MSG © biblegateway Job 8:9	For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 8:9	(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 8:9	for we are but of yesterday, and we know nothing, for our days on earth are but a shadow.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 8:9	For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.
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KJV	(For we [are but of] yesterday <08543>_, and know <03045> (8799) nothing, because our days <03117> upon earth <0776> [are] a shadow <06738>:) {nothing: Heb. not}
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:9	"For we are only of yesterday <08543> and know <03045> nothing <03808> , Because <03588> our days <03117> on earth <0776> are as a shadow <06738> .
LXXM	cyizoi {A-NPM} gar <1063> PRT esmen <1510> V-PAI-1P kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV oidamen {V-RAI-1P} skia <4639> N-NSF gar <1063> PRT estin <1510> V-PAI-3S hmwn <1473> P-GP epi <1909> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF o <3588> T-NSM biov <979> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	For <03588> we <0587> were born yesterday <08543> and do not <03808> have knowledge <03045> , since <03588> our days <03117> on <05921> earth <0776> are but a shadow <06738> .
HEBREW	Ura <0776> yle <05921> wnymy <03117> lu <06738> yk <03588> edn <03045> alw <03808> wnxna <0587> lwmt <08543> yk (8:9) <03588>

NETBible

For we were born yesterday¹ and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.²

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn 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).