(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
WEB
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
YLT
(For of yesterday we are , and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)
DBT
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.