Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

New American Standard Bible

The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

King James Version

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

Holman Bible

the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.

International Standard Version

The way an eagle flies in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.

A Conservative Version

The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

American Standard Version

The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.

Amplified


The way of an eagle in the air,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

Bible in Basic English

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

Darby Translation

The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

Julia Smith Translation

The way of the eagle in the heavens; the way of the serpent upon the rock; the way of the ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

King James 2000

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

Lexham Expanded Bible

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The way of an Eagle in the air, the way of a serpent over a stone, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

NET Bible

the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

New Heart English Bible

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

The Emphasized Bible

The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock, - the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

Webster

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

World English Bible

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

Youngs Literal Translation

The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

of an eagle
נשׁר 
Nesher 
Usage: 26

in the air
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

the way
דּרך 
Derek 
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704
Usage: 704

of a serpent
נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 31

צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

of a ship
אניּה 
'oniyah 
Usage: 31

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

and the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

of a man
גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Four Things Of Intrigue

18 Three things are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I do not know: 19 the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.



Cross References

Exodus 22:16

And if a man lures a virgin who is not promised, and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

Job 39:27

Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high?

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait on Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

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