Job 9:26
They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
In Context
25My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
27If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
Cross References
Job 39:27Doth the eagle soar at thy command, And build his nest on high?
Isaiah 18:2That sendest thy messengers upon the sea, In reed-boats upon the face of the waters: Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and fair, To a people terrible from the first and onward, To a mighty, victorious people, Whose land is divided by rivers!
Lamentations 4:19Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven; They chased us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →