Job 9:26
Job 9:25-31 The Message (MSG)
“My time is short—what’s left of my life races off too fast for me to even glimpse the good. My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail, like an eagle plummeting to its prey. Even if I say, ‘I’ll put all this behind me, I’ll look on the bright side and force a smile,’ All these troubles would still be like grit in my gut since it’s clear you’re not going to let up. The verdict has already been handed down—‘Guilty!’— so what’s the use of protests or appeals? Even if I scrub myself all over and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find, It wouldn’t last—you’d push me into a pigpen, or worse, so nobody could stand me for the stink.
Job 9:26 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
Job 9:26 New Century Version (NCV)
They glide past like paper boats. They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
Job 9:26 American Standard Version (ASV)
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
Job 9:26 New Living Translation (NLT)
It disappears like a swift papyrus boat, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Job 9:26 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Job 9:26 King James Version (KJV)
They are passed away as the swift ships: As the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job 9:26 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.