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Job 9:25

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

KJV

Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore ; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρώτερος δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν, καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/יָמַ֣/י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
  • 2Chr 30:6 — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD
  • Jas 4:14 — Whereas 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.
  • Jas 4:14 — Whereas 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.
  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
  • Ps 39:5 — Behold, 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.
  • Ps 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
  • Ps 90:9 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.