Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Cross-reference
Job 10:20 directly echoes the brevity of days — 'my days are few' — reinforcing Job's complaint about fleeting life.
Job 14:2 compares life to a flower withering and shadow fleeing — same theme of transience as the swift ships and eagle.
Job 17:11 states 'my days are past' — a direct parallel to the passing days imagery in Job's complaint.
2 Samuel 1:23 praises Saul and Jonathan as 'swifter than eagles' — same simile for speed, applied to warriors.
Proverbs 23:5 says wealth 'takes wings like an eagle' — same image of swift departure, applied to riches.
Jeremiah 4:13 warns of invaders 'swifter than eagles' — using the same simile for rapid approach.
Psalm 39:5 says life is but a few handbreadths and a breath — a strong parallel to Job’s swift ships and eagle.
Psalm 89:47 laments 'how short my time is' — directly parallel to Job's complaint about fleeting days.
Psalm 90:5 compares life to a flood and dream — same theme of transience as Job's swift ships.
Isaiah 38:12 uses tent and weaver imagery for life's end — parallel to Job's fleeting life metaphors.
James 4:14 echoes the fleeting life metaphor — your life is a mist, just as Job's days are swift boats and eagles.
Lamentations 4:19 uses the same eagle swiftness imagery but for enemy pursuit — a different context than Job's fleeting life.