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The LORD Speaks of His Creation

Job 39:29

In 11 translations

BSB
From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
KJV
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
WEB
From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
ASV
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
LSV
From there he has sought food, || His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
YLT
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
DBY
From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
DRC
From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
GNV39:32
From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
JPS
From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.
LXXE
Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִשָּׁ֥ם חָֽפַר־אֹ֑כֶל לְ֝מֵרָח֗וֹק עֵינָ֥יו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃
LXX-Br
ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόῤῥωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι.

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  • Job 9:26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

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  • 39:29 in most Bibles

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