Job 9:25

²³ If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

²⁴ 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.

²⁶ They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
KJV: Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
WEB: “Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
ASV: Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
DARBY: And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
BLB: So my days are swifter than a runner; they flee, not seeing good.

ÅB: Mine dager har vært hastigere enn en løper; de er bortflyktet uten å ha sett noe godt;
OTB: "Mine dager er raskere enn en løper;
de skynder seg bort, de ser ikke noe godt.
B1930: Mine dager har vært hastigere enn en løper; de er bortflyktet uten å ha sett noget godt;

Job 7:6–7
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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Psalms 90:9–10
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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Esther 8:14
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
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