Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?

26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Psalms 39:5(39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Psalms 89:47(89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!

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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