Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

New American Standard Bible

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

King James Version

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Holman Bible

My days fly by faster than a runner;
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.

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now my days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

רוּץ 
Ruwts 
Usage: 103

בּרח 
Barach 
Usage: 64

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

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 its judges; 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 hastens to 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 couriers that rode upon royal horses went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's command. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 39:11

When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty melt away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?

Psalm 90:9-10

For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

James 4:14

Whereas you know not what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

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