“You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

‘“These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

“And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them on its pinions.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,

Saul and Jonathan –
in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
In life and in death they were not divided;
they were swifter than eagles;
they were stronger than lions.

They skim past like boats of papyrus,
like eagles swooping down on their prey.

They go by like skiffs of reed,
like an eagle swooping on the prey.

Does the eagle soar at your command
and build its nest on high?

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his nest on high?

who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.

‘The eye that mocks a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.

The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.

the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a young woman.

the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a virgin.

but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

Look! He advances like the clouds,
his chariots come like a whirlwind,
his horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us! We are ruined!

Behold, he comes up like clouds;
his chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are swifter than eagles—
woe to us, for we are ruined!

This is what the Lord says:

‘Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading its wings over Moab.

For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab;

The terror you inspire
and the pride of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,
who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s,
from there I will bring you down,’
declares the Lord.

The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.

Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,
spreading its wings over Bozrah.
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman in labour.

Behold one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.”

Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles in the sky;
they chased us over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.

Our pursuers were swifter
than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Their faces looked like this: each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.

Each of the cherubim had four faces: one face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Say to them, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: a great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colours came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar,

say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

‘“But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots towards him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.

“And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth its branches toward him from the bed where it was planted, that he might water it.

Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.

‘The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.

The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it.

‘Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.

Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.

Though you soar like the eagle
and make your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,’
declares the Lord.

Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

Shave your head in mourning
for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
for they will go from you into exile.

Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
for the children of your delight;
make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
for they shall go from you into exile.

Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

‘Where, Lord?’ they asked.

He replied, ‘Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.’

And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”

The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in mid-air call out in a loud voice: ‘Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!’

Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the snake’s reach.

But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.