Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything 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.
A Conservative Version
Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no 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 A land is given into the hands of a wicked person; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not God, then who is it?" 25 "My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good. 26 They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Cross References
Job 7:6-7
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Esther 8:14
The couriers, mounted on the royal steeds, left quickly, urged on by the king's command. The edict was also issued in Susa the capital.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 39:11
You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
Psalm 90:9-10
All our days pass away in your wrath; our years fade away and end like a sigh.
James 4:14
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.