Bible Verses Like Job 9:26

“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”

 

Bible verses related to Job 9:26 (similar cross-references)


Habakkuk 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.   (Verses like Habakkuk 1:8)

Isaiah 18:2 - That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!   (Verses like Isaiah 18:2)

2 Samuel 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.   (Verses like 2 Samuel 1:23)

Job 39:27-30 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.   (Verses like Job 39:27)

Proverbs 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.   (Verses like Proverbs 23:5)

Jeremiah 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.   (Verses like Jeremiah 4:13)

Lamentations 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.   (Verses like Lamentations 4:19)