Job 9:25

My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

In Context

24The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

26They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.

Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

Psalms 89:47\89:46\How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

James 4:14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

Matthew Henry on Job 9:23-25

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? Here Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute between him and his friends. They maintained that those who are righteous and good always prosper in this world, and none but the wicked are in misery and distress; he… Read the whole commentary →

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