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Job 9:25 Cross-References
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“Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.”
Job 9:25 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post (יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ, yamai qallu minni-ratz)—Job laments life's brevity using the image of a 'post' (ratz, רָץ), a courier or runner carrying urgent messages. Ancient Near Eastern postal systems used relay runners for rapid communication across empires. The verb 'are swifter' (qalal, קָלַל) means to be light, swift, or insignificant—Job's days race past like a sprinter, unstoppable and fleeting.They flee away, they see no good intensifies the tragedy: not only are Job's days brief, but they contain no goodness (tov, טוֹב). The verb 'flee' (nus, נוּס) su...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:25
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“that appears for a little time”
“and are spent without hope.”
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.”
“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”
“you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath. Selah.,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., הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃ ,Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah,38:6 ἰδοὺ παλαιστὰς ἔθου τὰς ἡμέρας μου καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου πλὴν τὰ σύμπαντα ματαιότης πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ζῶν διάψαλμα,38:5 Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.,,,,”
“You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath. Selah.,When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah., בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה׃ ,With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; Surely every man is vanity. Selah,38:12 ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας ἐπαίδευσας ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐξέτηξας ὡς ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος διάψαλμα,38:11 Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.,,,,”
“hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.”