Job 9:26
What does Job 9:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 9:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
Context
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?
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