26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.


In Context

23 If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

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

27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.

28 I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.

Job 9:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:26They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:26They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey.