Job 8:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 8:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 8:9 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 8:9 — KJV
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not”
— Job 8:9 (KJV)
Job 8:9 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 8:9
“That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. for ever: Heb. all days”
Shares key themes with Job 8:9: know, days, earth
“Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with Job 8:9: know, nothing, earth
“For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. abiding: Heb. expectation”
Shares key themes with Job 8:9: days, earth, shadow
“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity”
Shares key themes with Job 8:9: know, days, shadow
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Job 8:9: days, earth, heb
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