Verse 26

They pass away like swift ships: like the eagle hastening to the prey.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De farer forbi som siv, som en ørn som stuper mot sitt bytte.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De farer som raske skip; som en ørn som stuper mot byttet.

• Norsk King James

  De går bort som raske skip; som en ørn som haster til byttet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De suser forbi som båter av siv, som en ørn som stuper etter bytte.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De farer forbi som sivbåter, som en ørn som styrter nedover mot byttet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De forsvinner som raske skip: som ørnen som haster til byttet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De forsvinner som raske skip, lik ørnen som skynder seg mot byttet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De forsvinner som raske skip: som ørnen som haster til byttet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De farer fram som sivbåter, som en ørn som styrter over sitt bytte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De flyr forbi som sivbåtene, som en ørn som stuper ned på sitt bytte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De ere fremfarne med ilende Skibe, som en Ørn, der flyver efter Spise.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De går videre som raske skip, som en ørn som haster til byttet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  de har passert som raske skip, som ørnen som stuper på byttet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De har passert som sivskip, som en ørn som stuper etter mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De går forbi som raske skip; som ørnen som stuper på byttet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De haster av sted som sivbåter, som en ørn som stuper mot sitt bytte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They are passed awaye, as the shippes that be good vnder sale, and as the Aegle that haisteth to the pray.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They are passed away as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Referenced Verses

• Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
• Isa 18:2 : 2 That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation scattered and polished, to a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation divided and trampled, whose land the rivers have ravaged!
• Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots shall be like a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
• Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
• 2 Sam 1:23 : 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 39:27-30 : 27 Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high? 28 It dwells on the rock and resides on the crag of the rock, in the stronghold. 29 From there it seeks its prey, and its eyes see afar off. 30 Its young ones also drink blood; and where the slain are, there it is.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.