Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Car nous sommes d'hier, et nous ne savons rien, Nos jours sur la terre ne sont qu'une ombre.
KJV
(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
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ities affect those who live that life. Life is a shadow: our life on earth is a shadow, as Job said. Job 8:9. What is there here besides temptations? All time is spent in anxiety, all life in troubles. "In the midst of snares we walk." Ecclesiasticus 9:20. And another complained…
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tiam occurrit, veraque sententia dicit: Ignoramus quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram (Job. VIII, 9) . Hinc per Psalmistam dicitur: Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt (Ps. CI, 12) , atque de quolibet impio sententiam proferens idem Psalmista ait: Vidi impium supere…
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