Job 9:26

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

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

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

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
KJV
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
WEB
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
ASV
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
DARBY
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
BLB
They pass by with ships of papyrus, like an eagle rushing upon its food.
ÅB
de har faret avsted som båter av rør, som en ørn som slår ned på sitt bytte.
OTB
De passerer som papyrusbåter,
som en ørn som stuper ned på sitt bytte.
B1930
de har faret avsted som båter av rør, som en ørn som slår ned på sitt bytte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Habakkuk 1:8

    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

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  • Isaiah 18:2

    That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

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  • Lamentations 4:19

    Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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  • Jeremiah 4:13

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

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  • 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.

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  • Job 39:27–30

    Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

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  • Proverbs 23:5

    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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