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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
Read in contextLamentations 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextJob 39:27–30
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Read in contextProverbs 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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