Job 39:28

\39:25\When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

In Context

27\39:24\Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

29\39:26\Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:4Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

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 →

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