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Gill's Exposition
They are passed away as the swift ships,.... Those that are lightest built, and run swiftest. Bar Tzemach thinks such vessels as are rowed with oars are meant, which may be called "ships of will or…
Barnes' Notes
Now my days are swifter than a post - Than a courier, runner, or racer, רוּץ rûts. Vulgate, cursore; Septuagint, δρομέως dromeōs, a racer. The word is not unfrequently applied to the runners or…
Job here grows more and more querulous, and does not conclude this chapter with such reverent expressions of God's wisdom and justice as he began with. Those that indulge a complaining humour know not…
Cambridge Bible
Now my days Better, and my days under the weight of this unjust and oppressive Force (Job 9:5-24).
than a post i. e. a courier, 2Sa 18:22; 2Sa 18:24.
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