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Job 9:26

World English Bible

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

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Job 9:26 in other translations

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

Job 9:26 · American Standard Version

Job 9:26 in context

  1. 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
    He covers the faces of its judges.
    If not he, then who is it?
  2. 25“Now my days are swifter than a runner.
    They flee away. They see no good.
  3. 26They have passed away as the swift ships,
    as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
  4. 27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
    I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’
  5. 28I am afraid of all my sorrows,
    I know that you will not hold me innocent.