Job 39:27
\39:24\Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26\39:23\The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;
Proverbs 23:5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Isaiah 40:31But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Hosea 8:1Put the horn to your mouth. He comes like an eagle against the house of the Lord; because they have gone against my agreement, they have not kept my law.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:27-30
Description of the Hawk and Eagle. ( b. c. 1520.) 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. The birds of the air are proofs of the wonderful power and providences of God, as well as… Read the whole commentary →