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Job 9:26
Job 9:26 is verse 26 of Job chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
King James Version
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
World English Bible
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
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Job 9:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 39:27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
Job 39:28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
Job 39:29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Job 39:30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.