Job 39:27

Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

In Context

26Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?

28She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:13Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey,

Proverbs 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Isaiah 40:31But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Hosea 8:1Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated 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 →

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