Job 9:25

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

King James Version

In Context

24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to 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 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 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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