Job 9:25

My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

26They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.

Psalms 39:5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]

Psalms 89:47Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

James 4:14Men who are not versed in the morrow—of what sort your life [will be]; for ye are, a vapour—for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!

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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