Job 9:25

My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.

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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 hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?

26They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; They pass away without hope.

Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]

Psalms 89:47Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

James 4:14(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)

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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