Job 9:25
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My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

swifter

Job 7:6,7 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. . . .

Esther 8:14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king's edict was hung up in Susan.

150 miles in less than

Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

hours.)

they flee away

Psalm 39:5,11 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living. . . .

Psalm 89:47 Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

Psalm 90:9,10 For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: . . .

James 4:14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then? 25My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 30:6
And the posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king's orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel: and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

Job 7:6
My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.

Job 7:7
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.

Psalm 4:6
The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart.

Lexicon
My days
וְיָמַ֣י (wə·yā·may)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

are swifter
קַ֭לּוּ (qal·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

than
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

a runner;
רָ֑ץ (rāṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run

they flee
בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ (bā·rə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

without
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

seeing
רָא֥וּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

any good.
טוֹבָֽה׃ (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


Additional Translations
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

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

But my life is swifter than a post: my days have fled away, and they knew it not.

And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

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

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

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

My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
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