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Job 9:26

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26They are passed away as the †||swift ships:

As fthe eagle that hasteth to the prey.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. ships of desire.
  2. ||Or, ships of Ebeh. But comp. Isai. 18:2. So ch. 24:18.
  3. fSo Hab. 1:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They go by like skiffs of reed,

like an eagle swooping on the prey.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They skim past like boats of papyrus,

like eagles swooping down on their prey.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,

like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

NLTNew Living Translation

It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,

like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They go by like papyrus skiffs,

like an eagle swoops down on its prey.