Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see 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 hand of the wicked: he covers 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 hastes 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, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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

James 4:14Whereas all of you know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes 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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