Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Bible References
As the eagle
Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Proverbs 23:5
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are destroyed.
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Habakkuk 1:8
And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.