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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 8 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.