Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 9:26 — They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

swift ships   Heb. ships of desire, or, ships of Ebeh
as the eagle   Job 39:27-30; 2Sa 1:23; Pro 23:5; Jer 4:13; Lam 4:19; Hab 1:8
Correlating Passages
as the eagle
Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Job 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job 39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
Job 39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
2Sa 1:23 Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Pro 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Jer 4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Lam 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Hab 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 9:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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