King James Version

Job 9:26

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

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חָ֭לְפוּchalefvchangeחָלַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “change”, a completed actionH2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeabolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).אֳנִיּ֣וֹתoniotshipאֳנִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “ship”, the ordinary formH591a shipship(-men).אֵבֶ֑הevehswiftאֵבֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “swift”, the ordinary formH16the papyrusswift.כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרkenesheras eagleנֶשֶׁרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as eagle”, the ordinary formH5404the eagle (or other large bird of prey)eagle.יָט֥וּשׂyatushasteטוּשׂverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “haste”, an unfinished actionH2907to pounce as a bird of preyhaste.עֲלֵיaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אֹֽכֶלokhelfoodאֹכֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “food”, the ordinary formH400foodeating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

World English Bible

They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

Darby Translation

They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

Douay-Rheims

They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἢ καὶ ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ, ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;