Job 39:30

\39:27\Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

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In The King James Version

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

In Context

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

31\39:28\On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 39:17And you, son of man, this is what the Lord has said: Say to the birds of every sort and to all the beasts of the field, Get together and come; come together on every side to the offering which I am putting to death for you, a great offering on the mountains of Israel, so that you may have flesh for your food and blood for your drink.

Luke 17:37And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

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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