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It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away; they do not see good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They vanish, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My life is speeding by, without a hope of happiness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"My days go by more quickly than a runner. They sprint away. They don't see anything good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />My days race by, not one of them good. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My days have been swifter than a runner, "" They have fled, they have not seen good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My days were swift above a runner: they fled, they saw not good.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My days are faster than a runner; they flee away and they see no good<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But my life is swifter than a post: <i>my days</i> have fled away, and they knew it not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/9-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1431" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Job: How Can I Argue with God?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it? <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: wə·yā·may (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">My days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043: qal·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be slight, swift or trifling. A primitive root; to be light, literally Or figuratively.">are swifter</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min·nî- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/7323.htm" title="7323: rāṣ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To run. A primitive root; to run.">a runner;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1272.htm" title="1272: bā·rə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go through, flee. A primitive root; to bolt, i.e. Figuratively, to flee suddenly.">they flee</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">seeing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·w·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">good.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5</a></span><br />You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Psalm 39:4</a></span><br />“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></span><br />The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a></span><br />For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:11-12</a></span><br />I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all. / For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-7</a></span><br />A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a></span><br />For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a></span><br />Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">1 Corinthians 7:29-31</a></span><br />What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; / those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing; / and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12</a></span><br />My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.</p><p class="hdg">swifter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6,7</a></b></br> My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/8-14.htm">Esther 8:14</a></b></br> <i>So</i> the posts that rode upon mules <i>and</i> camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-24.htm">Job 9:24</a></b></br> The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, <i>and</i> who <i>is</i> he?</p><p class="hdg">they flee away</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5,11</a></b></br> Behold, thou hast made my days <i>as</i> an handbreadth; and mine age <i>is</i> as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state <i>is</i> altogether vanity. Selah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Psalm 89:47</a></b></br> Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">Psalm 90:9,10</a></b></br> For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale <i>that is told</i>… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-11.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Glimpse</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Good</a> <a href="/job/8-21.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/esther/8-10.htm">Post</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Quicker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Runner</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Swifter</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-24.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/job/20-8.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Glimpse</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Good</a> <a href="/job/10-20.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Post</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Quicker</a> <a href="/psalms/19-5.htm">Runner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Swifter</a><div class="vheading2">Job 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-1.htm">Job acknowledges God's justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm">Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>My days are swifter than a runner;</b><br>In this phrase, Job is expressing the brevity and fleeting nature of human life. The imagery of a runner suggests speed and urgency, emphasizing how quickly time passes. In the ancient Near Eastern context, runners were often used as messengers, known for their speed and endurance. This metaphor highlights the rapid passage of time, a theme echoed in other biblical texts such as <a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5</a>, which speaks of the shortness of life. The swiftness of a runner also reflects the urgency and relentless pace of Job's suffering, as he feels his life slipping away without relief.<p><b>they flee without seeing good.</b><br>Job laments that his days pass without experiencing goodness or joy. This reflects his deep sense of despair and the overwhelming nature of his trials. In the cultural context of the time, prosperity and well-being were often seen as signs of divine favor, while suffering was viewed as a result of sin or divine displeasure. Job's statement challenges this notion, as he maintains his innocence despite his suffering. This phrase can be connected to <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a>, which questions the value of life when it is filled with hardship. Theologically, this points to the human condition and the longing for redemption and restoration, ultimately fulfilled in the hope of Christ, who offers eternal life and the promise of seeing good in the presence of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man described as blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He undergoes severe trials and suffering, which lead him to question the nature of suffering and justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_trials.htm">Job's Trials</a></b><br>The series of calamities that befall Job, including the loss of his wealth, children, and health, which set the stage for his profound reflections on life and suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_brevity_of_life.htm">The Brevity of Life</a></b><br>Life is fleeting, much like a runner swiftly passing by. This should prompt us to consider how we spend our time and what we prioritize.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perception_of_goodness.htm">Perception of Goodness</a></b><br>Job's lament that his days flee without seeing any good challenges us to seek God's perspective on what is truly good, even amidst suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite life's brevity and challenges, we are called to trust in God's overarching plan and His ability to bring good out of our trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Our focus should be on eternal values rather than temporary circumstances, aligning our lives with God's eternal purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>In Christ, we find hope and assurance that our lives have meaning and purpose beyond the immediate trials we face.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_christian_holidays.htm">What holidays are celebrated in Christianity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_unchecked_injustice.htm">In Job 24:1, why does God allow human injustice to continue unchecked, contradicting His supposed omnipotence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_devout_believers_still_poor.htm">Job 22:25-26 implies material blessings for faithfulness--how do we address situations where devout believers remain in poverty?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_28_25_align_with_divine_weather.htm">How does Job 28:25's statement about God 'weighing the wind' square with earlier biblical passages that treat weather as solely divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Swifter than a post.</span>--The runner, with his messages and dispatches. He now turns away from the contemplation of God and His dealings to that of his own misery.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now my days are swifter than a post</span>. Life slips away so fast that before it is well begun, it is ended. Job compares it to the swift passage of the trained runner, or messenger, who carried despatches for kings and other great personages in the olden times (see <a href="/2_chronicles/30-6.htm">2 Chronicles 30:6</a>; <a href="/esther/3-13.htm">Esther 3:13</a>; <a href="/esther/8-10.htm">Esther 8:10, 14</a>). Herodotus says of the trained runners employed by the Persians, "Nothing mortal travels so fast as these Persian messengers" (Herod., 8:98). There is abundant evidence of the employment of such persons in ancient Egypt. <span class="cmt_word">They flee away, they see no good</span>. It seems to Job that his prosperity (<a href="/job/1-2.htm">Job 1:2-5</a>) was only for a moment. He scarcely could look on it before it was gone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/9-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">My days</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָמַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·may)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are swifter</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֭לּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(qal·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7043.htm">Strong's 7043: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slight, swift or trifling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(min·nî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a runner;</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֑ץ</span> <span class="translit">(rāṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7323.htm">Strong's 7323: </a> </span><span class="str2">To run</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they flee</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1272.htm">Strong's 1272: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bolt, to flee suddenly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seeing</span><br /><span class="heb">רָא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any good.</span><br /><span class="heb">טוֹבָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/9-25.htm">OT Poetry: Job 9:25 Now my days are swifter than (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/9-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 9:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 9:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/9-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 9:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 9:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>