Holy Scripture

Job 9:25

A church father on this verse
“The swift runner does not appear to touch the ground; he appears as though he has wings. [Job says], " 'My life is swifter than a runner.' I look at what is above. 'I do not run aimlessly.' I do not touch the ground." Because they want to reach the finish line, the righteous keep on running, even when they run into ob…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 9:25-26

Source: Septuagint

Original

25But my life is swifter than a post: My days have fled away, and they knew it not.

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23For the worthless die, But the righteous are laughed to scorn.

24For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: He covers the faces of the judges of the earth: But if it be not he, who is it?

— Job 9:25 —

26Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? Or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?

27And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;

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