Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey. New Living Translation It disappears like a swift papyrus boat, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. English Standard Version They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey. Berean Standard Bible They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. King James Bible They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. New King James Version They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey. New American Standard Bible “They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey. NASB 1995 “They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey. NASB 1977 “They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey. Legacy Standard Bible They sweep by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its food. Amplified Bible “They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds, Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey. Christian Standard Bible They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. Holman Christian Standard Bible They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. American Standard Version They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They have passed by with the many ships of an enemy like an eagle that flies upon its food Brenton Septuagint Translation 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? Contemporary English Version Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down. Douay-Rheims Bible They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey. English Revised Version They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. GOD'S WORD® Translation They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. Good News Translation My life passes like the swiftest boat, as fast as an eagle swooping down on a rabbit. International Standard Version They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. JPS Tanakh 1917 They are passed away as the swift ships; As the vulture that swoopeth on the prey. Literal Standard Version They have passed on with ships of reed, | As an eagle darts on food. Majority Standard Bible They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. New American Bible They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey. NET Bible They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey. New Revised Standard Version They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey. New Heart English Bible They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey. Webster's Bible Translation They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. World English Bible They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey. Young's Literal Translation They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: How Can I Argue with God?…25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good. 26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. 27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle--a nation whose language you will not understand, Job 39:29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. Isaiah 18:2 which 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 rivers. Habakkuk 1:8 Their 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. Treasury of Scripture They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey. swift ships. Job 39:27-30 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? … 2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Jump to Previous Boats Dropping Eagle Eagles Food Hasteth Papyrus Passed Past Prey Reed Rushing Ships Slip Suddenly Swift Swoopeth Swooping Swoops VultureJump to Next Boats Dropping Eagle Eagles Food Hasteth Papyrus Passed Past Prey Reed Rushing Ships Slip Suddenly Swift Swoopeth Swooping Swoops VultureJob 9 1. Job acknowledges God's justice22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions (26) Swift ships.--What is meant by the swift ships, or ships of Desire, no one knows. Literally, ships of Eveh, probably a proper name, and perhaps referring to a particular kind of boat in use on the Nile; if so, this is one instance out of many of Job's acquaintance with Egypt. The Vulgate has, naves poma portantes. Job is a problem to himself; he is confident of his innocence, and yet he is confident that that very innocence will avail him nothing before God, he is sure that he must be condemned. Now, it is impossible to deny that this is the very attitude of the Gospel; it is, therefore, if we bear in mind the vast antiquity of the confession, both a witness to the truth of the Gospel and an anticipation of it that God alone could give. Indeed, it is hopelessly impossible to enter into the position of Job unless we are ourselves enlightened with the teaching of the Gospel, and able to look at it from the Gospel standpoint. While, therefore, admitting this fact, we are the better able to appreciate the wonderful confession Job is about to make in Job 9:32-33.Verse 26. - They are passed away as the swift ships; literally, like the ships of reed. The allusion is probably to the frail reed vessels of the Egyptians, of which many ancient writers speak (see Theophrastus, 'Hist. Plant.,' 4:9; Pithy, 'Hist. Nat.,' 6:56; 13:11; Luean, ' Pharsalis,' 4:36, etc.). They were long, light canoes, formed generally of the papyrus plant, and propelled either by a single paddle or by a punting-pole. They were fiat-bottomed and broad, like punts, with a stem and stern rising considerably above the level of the water (see the authofs 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. pp. 507, 508). Isaiah speaks of them as "vessels of bulrushes," in which "swift messengers" were sent by the nations peopling the banks of the Nile (Isaiah 18:1, 2). The Euphrates boats described by Herodotus (1:194) were of an entirely different construction, and cannot be here intended. They consisted of a framework of wood, which was covered with skins, and then coated with bitumen, and resembled the Welsh "coracles." As the eagle that hasteth to the prey; or, as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey (Revised Version). Job's observation presents to him three types of swiftness - the trained runner upon the earth, the swift ships upon the waters, and the hungry eagle in the air. It seems to him that his life passes away as swiftly as any of these. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They sweep byחָ֭לְפוּ (ḥā·lə·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change like עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with boats אֳנִיּ֣וֹת (’o·nî·yō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 591: A ship of papyrus, אֵבֶ֑ה (’ê·ḇeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 16: Reed, papyrus like an eagle כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר (kə·ne·šer) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5404: The eagle swooping down יָט֥וּשׂ (yā·ṭūś) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2907: To pounce as a, bird of prey on עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against its prey. אֹֽכֶל׃ (’ō·ḵel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 400: Food Links Job 9:26 NIVJob 9:26 NLT Job 9:26 ESV Job 9:26 NASB Job 9:26 KJV Job 9:26 BibleApps.com Job 9:26 Biblia Paralela Job 9:26 Chinese Bible Job 9:26 French Bible Job 9:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 9:26 They have passed away as the swift (Jb) |
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