The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid.
Jeremiah 48:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab. [Ezek. 17:3.] American Standard Version (1901) For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: Look! One who soars like an eagle and spreads its wings over Moab. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: "Behold, he will fly like the eagle, and he will extend his wings to Moab. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab. |
The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid.
And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they spoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
and he shall sweep onward into Judah; he shall overflow and pass through; he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
SET the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen spread themselves: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;