JOB 39:29 Parallel Verse View

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UST From that great height, eagles look for animals that they can kill and eat.
⇔ They can see animals that are far away.

BSB From there he spies out food;
⇔ his eyes see it from afar.

OEB She spieth her prey from the heights
⇔ With those eyes that see from afar.

WEBBE From there he spies out the prey.
⇔ His eyes see it afar off.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET From there it spots its prey,
⇔ its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

LSV From there he has sought food,
His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,

FBV From there it spies its prey from far away, fixing its gaze on its victim. Its chicks eagerly swallow blood.

T4T As they watch carefully from there,
⇔ they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).

LEB • the prey; its eyes look from far away.

BBE From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.

ASV From thence she spieth out the prey;
⇔ Her eyes behold it afar off.

DRA From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

YLT From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

Drby From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

RV From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.

Wbstr From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

KJB-1769 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
(From thence she seeketh/seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. )

KJB-1611 From thence she seeketh the pray, and her eyes behold a farre off.
(From thence she seeketh/seeks the pray, and her eyes behold afar offf.)

Bshps From whence he seeketh his praye, and loketh farre about with his eyes.
(From whence he seeketh/seeks his praye, and looketh/looks far about with his eyes.)

Gnva Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
(Shall the hauke flie by thy/your wisdom, stretching out his wings toward the South? )

Cvdl From thence maye he beholde his praye, and loke farre aboute with his eyes.
(From thence may he behold his praye, and look far about with his eyes.)

Wyc Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise iyen loken fro fer.
(From thence he biholdith meet, and his iyen loken from far.)

Luth Von dannen schauet er nach der Speise, und seine Augen sehen ferne.
(Von dannen schauet he after the/of_the Speise, and his Augen see ferne.)

ClVg Inde contemplatur escam, et de longe oculi ejus prospiciunt.
(Inde contemplatur escam, and about longe oculi his prospiciunt. )

BrTr Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

BrLXX ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόῤῥωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι.
(ekeise ōn zaʸtei ta sita, poɽɽōthen hoi ofthalmoi autou skopeuousi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ֝⁠מֵ⁠רָח֗וֹק עֵינָ֥י⁠ו יַבִּֽיטוּ

from,from,far_away eyes,its see

See how you translated the expression “to from afar” in 36:3. Alternate translation: “its eyes look to distant places”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְ֝⁠מֵ⁠רָח֗וֹק עֵינָ֥י⁠ו יַבִּֽיטוּ

from,from,far_away eyes,its see

Yahweh is using one part of an eagle, its eyes, to mean all of it in the act of looking for food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it can spot its prey far in the distance”

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