Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good,
New American Standard Bible
They flee away,
King James Version
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Holman Bible
they flee without seeing any good.
International Standard Version
"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
American Standard Version
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
Amplified
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Bible in Basic English
My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.
Darby Translation
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
Julia Smith Translation
My days were swift above a runner: they fled, they saw not good.
King James 2000
Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
Modern King James verseion
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"My days are more swift than a runner: they are gone, and have seen no good thing.
NET Bible
"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
New Heart English Bible
"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
The Emphasized Bible
My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
Webster
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
World English Bible
"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
Youngs Literal Translation
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
Themes
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift post
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Went with great speed
Interlinear
Yowm
Qalal
Barach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not [he], who then is it? 25 Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good, 26 They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Cross References
Job 7:6-7
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Esther 8:14
So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalm 39:11
When thou have corrected man with rebukes for iniquity, thou make his beauty to disintegrate like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
Psalm 90:9-10
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
James 4:14
men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--