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Job 9:25

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Renewed Complaint

9:25“My days76 are swifter than a runner,77

they speed by without seeing happiness.

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Footnotes

  1. 76 The text has “and my days” following the thoughts in the previous section.
  2. 77 Job returns to the thought of the brevity of his life (7:6). But now the figure is the swift runner instead of the weaver’s shuttle.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“My days are swifter than a runner;

they flee away; they see no good.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“My days are swifter than a runner;

they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My days fly by faster than a runner;

they flee without seeing any good.

NLTNew Living Translation

“My life passes more swiftly than a runner.

It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And my days are swifter than a runner;

they flee away; they do not see good.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now my days are swifter than a post:

They flee away, they see no good.