Job 9:25
Strong's Lexicon
My days
וְיָמַ֣י (wə·yā·may)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

are swifter
קַ֭לּוּ (qal·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7043: 1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water) 1a2) to be swift 1a3) to be trifling, be of little account 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift 1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant 1b3) to be lightly esteemed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make despicable 1c2) to curse 1d) (Pual) to be cursed 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make light, lighten 1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour 1f) (Pilpel) 1f1) to shake 1f2) to whet 1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

than
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

a runner;
רָ֑ץ (rāṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7323: 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away

they flee
בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ (bā·rə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1272: 1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away

without
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

seeing
רָא֥וּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

any good.
טוֹבָֽה׃ (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

Young's Literal Translation
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My days fly by faster than  a runner;    they flee without  seeing any good. 

New American Standard Bible
"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

King James Bible
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

New Living Translation
"My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.

English Standard Version
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

New American Standard Bible
"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.

International Standard Version
"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.

NET Bible
"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
















Cross References
2 Chronicles 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 God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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

Job 7:7
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Psalm 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 9:24
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?

Job 9:23
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Job 9:22
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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