Job 9:25

וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי ־ רָץ בָּֽרְחוּ לֹא ־ רָאוּ טוֹבָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד ־ רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי ־ שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם ־ לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי ־ הֽוּא ׃

26חָלְפוּ עִם ־ אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי ־ אֹֽכֶל ׃

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Cross References

Job 7:6יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי ־ אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה ׃

Psalms 39:5הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה ־ הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה ־ חָדֵל אָֽנִי ׃

Psalms 89:47עַד ־ מָה יְהוָה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח תִּבְעַר כְּמוֹ ־ אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ ׃

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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