Job 8:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ After all, we were born only yesterday.
    So we don’t know anything.
    Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.
¹⁰ Won’t your people of long ago teach you and tell you?
    Won’t the things they said help you understand?
¹¹ Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp?
    Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?