Devine Scripture

Job 9:26

Job chapter 9 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

Context

v.25Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

v.26This passage

v.27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:5

    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? Forrichescertainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

  • Habakkuk 1:8

    Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

  • Jeremiah 4:13

    Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

  • Isaiah 18:2

    that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

  • 2 Samuel 1:23

    Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

  • Job 39:27

    Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?