Job 9:26

In 11 translations

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.swift…: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire

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.

LSV

They have passed on with ships of reed, || As an eagle darts on food.

YLT

They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

DBY

They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

DRC

They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

GNV

They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.

JPS

They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.

LXXE

Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?

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WLC

חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃

LXX-Br

Ἢ καὶ ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ, ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;

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• 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.
• Isaiah 18:2which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by…
• 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.
• Job 39:27–30Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. His young ones feast on…
• 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.

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