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Job 9:26

WEB

26They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

KJV

26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

BSB

26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

FBV

26They pass by like fast sailing ships, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.


Extra References

Habakkuk 1:8

8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.


Isaiah 18:2

2that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”


Lamentations 4:19

19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.


Job 39:27-30

27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? 28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold. 29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. 30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”


Jeremiah 4:13

13Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.


2 Samuel 1:23

23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.


Proverbs 23:5

5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.