King James Version
Job 9:25 in the King James Version says “Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.” — study this verse from Job chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.”
Job 9:25 · KJV
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
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?
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now my days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“are swifter”
H7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“no good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
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