Job 9:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.”
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BSBPD
“They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 9:26 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- Job 39:27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Isaiah 18:2which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
- Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
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