Job 9:25

And my days pass swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no happiness,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?

26They hasten along like pirate ships: like the eagle that stoopeth down upon his food.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.

Psalms 39:5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.

Psalms 89:47(89:48) Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons 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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