Job 9:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:26 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:26 — KJV
“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire”
— Job 9:26 (KJV)
Job 9:26 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:26
“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. fierce: Heb. sharp”
Shares key themes with Job 9:26: swift, eagle, hasteth
“The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; understand: Heb. hear”
Shares key themes with Job 9:26: swift, eagle, heb
“And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:26: away, heb, desire
“For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. turned their...: Heb. given the neck”
Shares key themes with Job 9:26: passed, away, heb
“Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting”
Shares key themes with Job 9:26: prey, heb, desire
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