Job 9:26

They glide by ¹  like reed ²  boats, like an eagle that swoops ³  down on its prey. ⁴ 

biblegateway Job 9:26

They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

biblegateway Job 9:26

"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.

biblegateway Job 9:26

It disappears like a swift boat, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

biblegateway Job 9:26

My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail, like an eagle plummeting to its prey.

SABDAweb Job 9:26

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

bibleoremus Job 9:26

They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.

biblegateway Job 9:26

They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

biblegateway Job 9:26

They glide by ¹  like reed ²  boats, like an eagle that swoops ³  down on its prey. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “they flee.”

² tn The word אֵבֶה (’eveh) means “reed, papyrus,” but it is a different word than was in 8:11. What is in view here is a light boat made from bundles of papyrus that glides swiftly along the Nile (cf. Isa 18:2 where papyrus vessels and swiftness are associated).

³ tn The verb יָטוּשׂ (yatus) is also a hapax legomenon; the Aramaic cognate means “to soar; to hover in flight.” The sentence here requires the idea of swooping down while in flight.

⁴ tn Heb “food.”