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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Now my days are swifter than a post — than a courier, runner, or racer, רוּץ rûts. Vulgate, cursore; Sep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Swifter than a post. —The runner, with his messages and dispatches. He now turns away from the contemplation of God and H…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now my days are swifter than a post

Or "than a runner"F1


they flee away

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

How little need we have of pastimes, and how great our need is to redeem time, when it runs so quickly toward eternity! How vain are the enjoyments…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After ble ed Job has shown that it is not his intention to argue with God, he proposes the principal i ue in dispute between him and his adversarie…

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