Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, 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.
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.
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 land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it? 25 My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good. 26 They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.
Cross References
Job 7:6-7
My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
Esther 8:14
So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
Psalm 39:5
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Psalm 39:11
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Psalm 89:47
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
James 4:14
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.