JOB 8:9 Parallel View

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ULT For we are of yesterday and we do not know,
⇔ for our days on earth are a shadow.

UST I advise you to consider the wisdom of our ancestors
⇔ because we have only been alive for a short time
⇔ and we know very little.
 ⇔ This is because our time here on the earth is very short,
⇔ like a shadow that appears briefly and then goes away.

BSB For we were born yesterday and know nothing;
⇔ our days on earth are but a shadow.

OEB For we are but dullards of yesterday,
⇔ Whose days on the earth are a shadow–

WEB (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
⇔ because our days on earth are a shadow.)

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

LSV For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know,
For our days [are] a shadow on earth.

FBV Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.

T4T It seems as though we were born only yesterday
⇔ and we know very little [HYP];
 ⇔ our time here on the earth disappears quickly, like a shadow [MET].

LEB • are of yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth are a shadow.

BBE (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —

ASV (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
 ⇔ Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

DRA (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

YLT (For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)

DBY For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

RV (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

WBS (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

KJB (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)[fn]
((For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:))

8.9 nothing: Heb. not

BB (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)
((For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our days upon earth are but a shadowe.))

GNV (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
((For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our days upon earth are but a shadowe) )

CB Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow.
(Namely, it we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that our days upon earth are buth a very shadow.)

WYC No WYC JOB 8:9 verse available

LUT (Denn wir sind von gestern her und wissen nichts; unser Leben ist ein Schatten auf Erden.)
((Because wir are from gestern her and wissen nichts; unser life is a Schatten on earthn.))

CLV (hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram),[fn]
((hesterni quippe sumus, and ignoramus, quoniam like umbra dies our are super the_earth/land),)

8.9 Hesterni: aliquando moraliter docent ex præteritis præsentia conjici, scilicet ex transitu eorum quod hæc nulla sint, unde subdit, hesterni. Quia, si pristina recolitur generatio, hæc vita cito transire ut umbra cognoscitur.

8.9 Hesterni: aliquando moraliter docent ex præteritis præsentia conyici, scilicet ex transitu eorum that this nulla sint, whence subdit, hesterni. Quia, when/but_if pristina recolitur generatio, this vita cito transire as umbra cognoscitur.

BRN (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)

BrLXX Χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν· σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος·
(Ⱪthizoi gar esmen, kai ouk oidamen; skia gar estin haʸmōn epi taʸs gaʸs ho bios; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

תְמ֣וֹל אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְ⁠לֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע

yesterday we and=not know

Bildad is saying that he, Job, and the other two friends were only born yesterday and that they do not know anything. He says both of these things as overstatements for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “we have not been alive for very long and we do not know very much”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְ⁠לֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע & יָמֵ֣י⁠נוּ

we and=not know & days,our

By we and our, Bildad means himself and the other friends and also Job, to whom he is speaking, so use the inclusive form of those words in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣י⁠נוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ

shadow days,our on earth

Bildad is speaking as if the days that he and Job and the other friends have on earth were literally a shadow. He means that just as a shadow appears only for a short time, so people are only on earth for a short time. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our days on earth are fleeting”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣י⁠נוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ

shadow days,our on earth

Bildad is using the term days to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our time on earth is a shadow”

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