Job 39:30
Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
In Context
29From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.
31And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
Cross References
Ezekiel 39:17As for you, then, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Say to every flying thing, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble! Hurry! Rush together from every side to my victim, which I have immolated for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may consume flesh, and drink blood!
Luke 17:37And he said to them, “Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered 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 →