Job 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Now my dayes are swifter then a Poste: they flee away, they see no good.
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- James 4:14Rank 1 from verse 25
14Whereas 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.
14Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: *for what is your life? ‖It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away.
- Psalms 90:9–10Rank 3 from verse 25
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10The 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, and we fly away.
9†‖For all our dayes are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yeeres as a tale that is told.
10†The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soone cut off, and we flie away.
- Esther 8:14Rank 4 from verse 25
14So 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.
14 So the posts that rode vpon mules and camels went out, being hastened, and pressed on by the kings commandement, and the decree was giuen at Shushan the palace.
- Psalms 39:11Rank 5 from verse 25
- Psalms 39:5Rank 6 from verse 25
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
5†*Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
- Psalms 89:47Rank 7 from verse 25
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Job 9:25
Moving more rapidly; faster.
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Sense 1: An upright structural support or side member of a door, gate, temple, or building. Sense 2: A swift runner or messenger carrying news from place to place.
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To run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
24The earth is giuen into the hand of the wicked: he couereth the faces of the Iudges thereof; if not, where, and who is hee?
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
25Now my dayes are swifter then a Poste: they flee away, they see no good.
Selected passage26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
26They are passed away as the †‖swift ships: as the Eagle that hasteth to the pray.