Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Cross-reference
Job 10:20 laments 'my days are few,' reinforcing the same theme of life's brevity from Job's own perspective.
Job 14:2 says man 'fleeth as a shadow,' using identical imagery to describe life's fleeting nature.
In 1 Chronicles 29:15, David says our days are like a shadow — almost identical language.
Psalm 102:11 uses the same 'lengthened shadow' imagery to describe fleeting life, echoing Job's point about human transience.
Psalm 144:4 compares man's days to a 'passing shadow,' directly paralleling the shadow metaphor in Job's speech.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 asks 'who knows what is good?' and describes life as a shadow, closely echoing Job's themes of ignorance and brevity.
In Genesis 47:9, Jacob calls his life a short pilgrimage — echoing the brevity of life as a shadow.
In Psalm 39:5, David describes life as a few handbreadths — same fleeting existence theme.