Job 9:25

But my life is swifter than a post: 1 My days have fled away, and they knew it not. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: 1 He covers the faces of the judges of the earth: 1 But if it be not he, who is it? 1

26Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? 1 Or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey? 1

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Cross References

Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, 1 And has perished in vain hope. 1

Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, 1 And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1

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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