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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי כה אמר יהוה הנה כנשר ידאה ופרש כנפיו אל מואב
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky kh Amr yhvh hnh knSHr ydAh vprSH knpyv Al mvAb

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
haec dicit Dominus ecce quasi aquila evolabit et extendet alas suas ad Moab

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For thus said the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For thus says the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle. and shall spread his wings over Moab.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
New King James Version   
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over Moab.
21st Century King James Version   
For thus saith the Lord: “Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Darby Bible Translation   
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For thus says the LORD: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;
God's Word   
"This is what the LORD says: The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For this is what the LORD says: He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
International Standard Version   
For this is what the LORD says: "Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.
NET Bible   
For the LORD says, "Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.
New American Standard Bible   
For thus says the LORD: "Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
New International Version   
This is what the LORD says: "Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.
New Living Translation   
This is what the LORD says: "Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle, spreading his wings over Moab.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
The World English Bible   
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The Lord says, ‘Look at the enemy that suddenly arrives! It comes like an eagle that flies down to catch its food.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
New Life Version   
For the Lord says, “One will fly fast like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Moab.
The Voice Bible   
Eternal One: Look in the distance: an eagle will swoop down and spread his wings over Moab, his prey.
Living Bible   
A vulture circles ominously above the land of Moab, says the Lord.
New Catholic Bible   
For thus says the Lord: Behold, like an eagle I will swoop down and spread my wings over Moab.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For thus says Yahweh: “Behold, one will swoop like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For thus hath the LORD said: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Christian Standard Bible   
For this is what the Lord says: Look! He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
New Century Version   
This is what the Lord says: “Look! Someone is coming, like an eagle diving down from the sky and spreading its wings over Moab.
The Message   
God’s verdict on Moab. Indeed! “Look! An eagle is about to swoop down and spread its wings over Moab. The towns will be captured, the fortresses taken. Brave warriors will double up in pain, helpless to fight, like a woman giving birth to a baby. There’ll be nothing left of Moab, nothing at all, because of his defiant arrogance against me.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the Lord says: Watch, he will fly like an eagle, and he will spread his wings against Moab.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
Good News Translation®   
The Lord has promised that a nation will swoop down on Moab like an eagle with its outspread wings,
Wycliffe Bible   
The Lord saith these things, Lo! as an eagle he shall fly out, and he shall stretch forth his wings to Moab. (The Lord saith these things, Lo! he shall fly out like an eagle, and he shall stretch out his wings over Moab.)
Contemporary English Version   
Moab, an enemy swoops down like an eagle spreading its wings over your land.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
Common English Bible © 2011   
The Lord proclaims: Look! One who soars like an eagle and spreads its wings over Moab.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one (Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon) will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For thus says the Lord: Look there! Like an eagle he swoops, spreading his wings over Moab.
New American Standard Bible   
For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
The Expanded Bible   
This is what the Lord says: “Look! Someone is coming, like an eagle ·diving down from the sky [swooping down] and spreading its wings over Moab [49:22; Ezek. 17:3–4; Hos. 8:1].
Tree of Life Version   
For thus says Adonai: “Behold, he will swoop down like a vulture and spread out his wings against Moab.
Revised Standard Version   
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
New International Reader's Version   
The Lord says, “Look! Nebuchadnezzar is like an eagle diving down. He is spreading his wings over Moab.
BRG Bible   
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For here is what Adonai says: “Look! Down he swoops like a vulture, spreading his wings against Mo’av —
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For thus saith Hashem; Hinei, one shall fly like the nesher, and shall spread his wings over Moav.
Names of God Bible   
“This is what Yahweh says: The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.
Modern English Version   
For thus says the Lord: Look, one will fly as an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Lord says, “Look! An eagle is diving down from the sky. It is spreading its wings over Moab.
International Children’s Bible   
This is what the Lord says: “Look! An eagle is diving down from the sky. It spreads its wings over Moab.
Lexham English Bible   
For thus says Yahweh, “Look, like an eagle he will swoop down, and he will spread out his wings against Moab.
New International Version - UK   
This is what the Lord says: ‘Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.