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Job 9:25

Job 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 9:25-35

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

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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