Other translations
American Standard Version
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
Darby Bible Translation
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
God's Word
They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
International Standard Version
They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
NET Bible
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
New American Standard Bible
"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
New International Version
They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
New Living Translation
It disappears like a swift papyrus boat, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Webster's Bible Translation
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
The World English Bible
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
EasyEnglish Bible
My days go past like a fast boat on a river. They move quickly like an eagle when it flies down to catch its food.
Young‘s Literal Translation
They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
New Life Version
They go by like fast boats, like an eagle coming down to catch its food.
The Voice Bible
They glide past in swift silence like reed boats on the river. Now a blur, they dive like an eagle toward its prey.
Living Bible
My years disappear like swift ships, like the eagle that swoops upon its prey.
New Catholic Bible
They skim past like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.
Legacy Standard Bible
They sweep by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its food.
Jubilee Bible 2000
They are passed away as the ships of Ebeh {Heb. reed} as the eagle that throws himself on the prey.
Christian Standard Bible
They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Amplified Bible © 1954
They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.
New Century Version
They glide past like paper boats. They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
The Message
“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.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Good News Translation®
My life passes like the swiftest boat, as fast as an eagle swooping down on a rabbit.
Wycliffe Bible
They passed away as [the] ships bearing apples, as an eagle flying to (its) meat (like an eagle flying to its food).
Contemporary English Version
Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Common English Bible © 2011
They sweep by like ships made of reeds, as an eagle swoops on prey.
Amplified Bible © 2015
“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds, Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
English Standard Version Anglicised
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.
New American Standard Bible
They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
The Expanded Bible
They ·glide past [pass by] like ·paper [L reed] boats. They ·attack [or go fast] like eagles swooping down to feed.
Tree of Life Version
They slip by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Revised Standard Version
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
New International Reader's Version
They speed along like papyrus boats. They are like eagles swooping down on their food.
BRG Bible
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Complete Jewish Bible
They skim by like skiffs built of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
They slip by like oniyyot (boats) of reed; as the nesher that swoopeth down on the prey.
Names of God Bible
They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Modern English Version
They pass by like reed skiffs, like an eagle rushing upon its prey.
Easy-to-Read Version
They go by as quickly as papyrus boats, as fast as an eagle swooping down on its prey.
International Children’s Bible
They glide past like boats made of papyrus plants. My days are like eagles that swoop down on animals they attack.
Lexham English Bible
They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on its prey.
New International Version - UK
They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.