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They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
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American Standard Version
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
Christian Standard Bible
They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
English Standard Version
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
King James Version
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
New American Standard Bible
“They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
New King James Version
They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
New Living Translation
It disappears like a swift papyrus boat, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
World English Bible
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.