Job 9:26 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
English ASV
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
English Amplified
They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
English EASY 2024
My days go past like a fast boat on a river. They move quickly like an eagle when it flies down to catch its food.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They go by as quickly as papyrus boats, as fast as an eagle swooping down on its prey.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
My life passes like the swiftest boat, as fast as an eagle swooping down on a rabbit.
English God's Word - GW 1995
They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on [its] prey.
English KJV 1611
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
English LSB
They sweep by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its food.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
They pass by like reed skiffs, like an eagle rushing upon its prey.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They speed along like papyrus boats. They are like eagles swooping down on their food.
English NIV
They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
English NKJ 1982
They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
English NLT
It disappears like a swift boat, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
My years disappear like swift ships, like the eagle that swoops upon its prey.
English Tyndale 1537
They are passed away, as the ships that be good under sail, and as the Aegle that hasteth to the prey.