Job 9:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yāmay qallû minnî-rāṣ bārəḥû lōʾ-rāʾû ṭôbâ

Grammar Details

*wə-yāmay*: conjunction + masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my days
*qallû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - are swifter
*minnî-rāṣ*: preposition + qal participle masculine singular - than a runner
*bārəḥû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they flee
*lōʾ-rāʾû*: negative particle + qal perfect 3rd common plural - they do not see
*ṭôbâ*: feminine singular noun/adjective - good

Word Meanings

*yāmay*: days, time, lifetime
*qallû*: to be swift, be light, be insignificant
*rāṣ*: runner, courier
*bārəḥû*: to flee, run away, escape
*rāʾû*: to see, perceive, witness
*ṭôbâ*: good, pleasant, agreeable

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our days are passed away{H8804)} in thy wrath: we spend{H8765)} our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off{H8804)}, and we fly away{H8799)}.
Jas 4:14 : 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.
Esth 8:14 : 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.
Ps 39:5 : 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{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah.
Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty{H8803)} to consume away{H8686)} like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Ps 89:47 : 47 Remember{H8798)} how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made{H8804)} all men in vain?

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