Job 8:8-10 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁸Please inquire of past generations

and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

⁹For we were born yesterday and know nothing;

our days on earth are but a shadow.

¹⁰Will they not teach you and tell you,

and speak from their understanding?

— Job 8:8-10

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Inspirational illustration of Job 8:9 -- for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

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Illustration of Job 8:9

Illustration of Job 8:9 -- We were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

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