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King James Version
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Holman Bible
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
International Standard Version
They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
A Conservative Version
They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
American Standard Version
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
Amplified
“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,
Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
Bible in Basic English
They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.
Darby Translation
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
Julia Smith Translation
They glided along with the ships of desire: as the eagle will pounce upon food.
King James 2000
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey.
Modern King James verseion
They have passed away like the swift ships; like the eagle who swoops on the prey.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are passed away, as the ships that be good under sail, and as the Eagle that hasteth to the prey.
NET Bible
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
New Heart English Bible
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
The Emphasized Bible
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture which rusheth upon food.
Webster
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
World English Bible
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
Themes
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
Eagles » Eagles, a type of swiftness
natural Life » Is compared to » An eagle hasting to the prey
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
25
My days are swifter than a runner! They flee away and see no good.
26
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Cross References
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat.
Isaiah 18:2
It sends messengers by sea in boats made of reeds that skim over the surface of the water. Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people who are feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers.
2 Samuel 1:23
It was easy to love Saul and Jonathan. Together in life, together in death, they were faster than eagles and stronger than lions.
Job 39:27-30
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high?
Proverbs 23:5
Will you look for things that do not exist? Riches grow wings and fly away like a bird.
Jeremiah 4:13
The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!
Lamentations 4:19
Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven. They drive us before them on the mountains. They wait secretly for us in the wasteland.