Bible verse
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Job 9:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
KJV
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
ASV
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
ERV
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
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