“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”
Job 9:26 (KJV) |
Job 9:26
From Job 9, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
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I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.