Job 9:26
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”Job 9:26
What Does Job 9:26 Mean?
Job 9:26 is found in the book of Job, chapter 9, verse 26 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Job 9:26 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”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.”Job 39:29“From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.”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!”Job 24:18“He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.”Job 39:27“Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?”Psalms 90:5“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”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.”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.”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.”
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