Job 39:26

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

In Context

25As often as the trumpet [sounds] he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

27Is it at thy command that the eagle mounts up, and makes her nest on high?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:15and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk according to its kind,

Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.

Matthew Henry on Job 39:20-26

Description of the War-Horse. ( b. c. 1520.) 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:… Read the whole commentary →

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