Cross references
Job 8:9
For we were born yesterday and know nothing;
our days on earth are but a shadow.
Job 8:9 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Chronicles 29:15 (11 votes) and Psalm 144:4 (9 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 47 to Matthew 5.
Which verses does Job 8:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1511 votes
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- Psalm 144:49 votes
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- Job 14:28 votes
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Psalm 102:116 votes
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- Genesis 47:95 votes
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Job 7:65 votes
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Psalm 39:54 votes
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Psalm 90:44 votes
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
Which verses point to Job 8:9?
The 10 strongest of 16.