King James Version
Job 9:26 in the King James Version says “They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire”
Job 9:26 · KJV
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They are passed away”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
“as”
H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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