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
Does the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on high?
2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan were loved and desired in their lives, and in their death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon riches which are not? For they shall certainly make themselves wings; they shall fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us, for we are given over to be spoiled!
Lamentations 4:19
Koph Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they pursued us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses shall be swifter than tigers and are sharper than the evening wolves, and their horsemen shall multiply themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as eagles that hasten to eat.