Job 9:26

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 9:26

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Berean Standard Bible

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 9

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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