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Job 9

Job 9:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They are passed away
chalaph (Hebrew #2498)
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
KJV usage: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Pronounce: khaw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
as
`im (Hebrew #5973)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
KJV usage: accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).
Pronounce: eem
Origin: from 6004
the μswift
'ebeh (Hebrew #16)
the papyrus
KJV usage: swift.
Pronounce: ay-beh'
Origin: from 14 (in the sense of bending toward)
ships
'oniyah (Hebrew #591)
a ship
KJV usage: ship((-men)).
Pronounce: on-ee-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 590
: as the eagle
nesher (Hebrew #5404)
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
KJV usage: eagle.
Pronounce: neh'-sher
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lacerate
that hasteth
tuws (Hebrew #2907)
to pounce as a bird of prey
KJV usage: haste.
Pronounce: toos
Origin: a primitive root
to the prey
'okel (Hebrew #400)
food
KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Pronounce: o'-kel
Origin: from 398
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ships of desire, or, ships of Ebeh.

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Eagle,
Ships

Cross References

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swift ships.
Heb. ships of desire, or, ships of Ebeh.
asthe eagle.
Job 39:27‑30• 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
 28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
 29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
 30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. (Job 39:27‑30)
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2 Sam. 1:23• 23Saul 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. (2 Sam. 1:23)
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Prov. 23:5• 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. (Prov. 23:5)
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Jer. 4:13• 13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. (Jer. 4:13)
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Lam. 4:19• 19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. (Lam. 4:19)
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Hab. 1:8• 8Their 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 eagle that hasteth to eat. (Hab. 1:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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