Verse Comparison: Job 8:9
American Standard Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
Amplified® Bible
For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.
Contemporary English Version
Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow, and we know very little.
Darby English Version
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
Good News Bible
Our life is short, we know nothing at all; we pass like shadows across the earth.
King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
New American Standard Bible
"For we are {only} of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
New International Version
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
New King James Version
For we were born yesterday, and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For we know only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth seem as a shadow.
Revised Standard Version
for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
Young's Literal Translation
(For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)