Job 9:26

Conservative English Version

Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

It was easy to love Saul and Jonathan. Together in life, together in death, they were faster than eagles and stronger than lions.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off.

Isaiah 18:2

Egypt sends messengers up the Nile River on ships made of reeds. Send them fast to Ethiopia, whose people are tall and have smooth skin. Their land is divided by rivers; they are strong and brutal, feared all over the world.

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! The enemy army swoops down like an eagle; their cavalry and chariots race faster than storm clouds blown by the wind." Then you will answer, "We are doomed!"

Lamentations 4:19

They swooped down faster than eagles from the sky. They hunted for us in the hills and set traps to catch us out in the desert.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their cavalry troops are faster than leopards, more ferocious than wolves hunting at sunset, and swifter than hungry eagles suddenly swooping down.

Deuteronomy 28:49

Foreigners who speak a strange language will be sent to attack you without warning, just like an eagle swooping down.