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Job 9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

KJV

Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes ; sicut aquila volans ad escam.

Vulgate

ἢ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ, ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;

LXX

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

ASV

חָ֭לְפוּ עִם אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝/נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי אֹֽכֶל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֳנִיּ֣וֹת
'nyvt
noun · 32×
אֵבֶ֑ה
'bh
noun · 1×
אֹֽכֶל
'kl
noun · 44×
יַחֲלֹֽף
ychlp
verb · 28×
יָט֥וּשׂ
ytvsh
verb · 1×
נֶּ֨שֶׁר֙
nshr
noun · 26×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:23 — Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  • Hab 1:8 — Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the
  • Isa 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto
  • Job 39:29 — From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.