Discovery BoxJob 8:9 
Context8:9 For we were born yesterday 1 and do not have knowledge,
since our days on earth are but a shadow. 2
Job 36:4
Context36:4 For in truth, my words are not false;
it is one complete 3 in knowledge
who is with you.
Job 36:12
Context36:12 But if they refuse to listen,
they pass over the river of death, 4
and expire without knowledge.
Job 37:16
Context37:16 Do you know about the balancing 5 of the clouds,
that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
1 tn The Hebrew has “we are of yesterday,” the adverb functioning as a predicate. Bildad’s point is that they have not had time to acquire great knowledge because they are recent.
2 tn E. Dhorme (Job, 116) observes that the shadow is the symbol of ephemeral things (14:2; 17:7; Ps 144:4). The shadow passes away quickly (116).
3 tn The word is תְּמִים (tÿmim), often translated “perfect.” It is the same word used of Job in 2:3. Elihu is either a complete stranger to modesty or is confident regarding the knowledge that he believes God has revealed to him for this situation. See the note on the heading before 32:1.
4 tn This is a similar expression to the one in Job 33:18, where the suggestion was made by many that it means crossing over the canal or river of death. Some retain the earlier interpretation of “perish by the sword” (cf. NIV).
5 tn As indicated by HALOT 618 s.v. מִפְלָשׂ, the concept of “balancing” probably refers to “floating” or “suspension” (cf. NIV’s “how the clouds hang poised” and J. E. Hartley, Job [NICOT], 481-82, n. 2).
