Job 9:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

Common English Bible

²⁵ My days are swifter than a runner; they flee and don’t experience good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

Job 9:25 Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

Esther 8:14

So the couriers, mounted on their swift horses that were used in the king's service, rode out in haste, urged by the king's command; and the decree was issued in Susa the capital.

Job 14:1

“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Psalm 39:11

When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord!”

Psalm 89:47

Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.