Job 9:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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.

YLT:

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

Job 9:26 Cross References

XREF:

Job 39:29 "From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

Isaiah 18:2 Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.

Habakkuk 1:8 "Their horses are swifter than leopards And keener than wolves in the evening. Their horsemen come galloping, Their horsemen come from afar; They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

9:26 Eagle - Which flies swiftly, especially when in the sight of his prey. See here how swift the motion of time is! It is always upon the wing, hastening to its period. What little need have we of past - times! What great need to redeem time, which runs out, runs on so fast toward eternity! And how vain are the enjoyments of time, which we may be deprived of, even while time continues! Our day may be longer than our sunshine: and when that is gone, it is as if it had never been.

MHC:

9:25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the language of his corruption. There is a Mediator, a Daysman, or Umpire, for us, even God's own beloved Son, who has purchased peace for us with the blood of his cross, who is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God through him. If we trust in his name, our sins will be buried in the depths of the sea, we shall be washed from all our filthiness, and made whiter than snow, so that none can lay any thing to our charge. We shall be clothed with the robes of righteousness and salvation, adorned with the graces of the Holy Spirit, and presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. May we learn the difference between justifying ourselves, and being thus justified by God himself. Let the tempest-tossed soul consider Job, and notice that others have passed this dreadful gulf; and though they found it hard to believe that God would hear or deliver them, yet he rebuked the storm, and brought them to the desired haven. Resist the devil; give not place to hard thoughts of God, or desperate conclusions about thyself. Come to Him who invites the weary and heavy laden; who promises in nowise to cast them out.

CONC:

Boats Darteth Dropping Eagle Eagles Hasteth Papyrus Pass Passed Past Prey Reed Reed-boats Rushing Ships Skiffs Slip Suddenly Swift Swoopeth Swooping Swoops Vulture

Boats Dropping Eagle Eagles Food Hasteth Papyrus Passed Past Prey Reed Rushing Ships Slip Suddenly Swift Swoopeth Swooping Swoops Vulture

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