Job 9:26
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
Cross References
Job 39:27Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest?
Isaiah 18:2That sendeth by the sea, ambassadors Even in vessels of paper-reed, upon the face of the waters,—Go ye swift messengers Unto a nation drawn out and polished, Unto a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,—A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers have cut through.
Lamentations 4:19Swifter are our pursuers, than the eagles of the heavens,—Over the mountains, have they come hotly after us, In the wilderness, have they lain in wait for us.
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 →