Job 39:27
Do you command the eagle to fly high and make its nest in the summits of the mountains?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26Is it through your wisdom that the hawk soars, spreading its wings towards the south?
28It lives among the cliffs, and roosts on a remote rocky crag.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13As for the birds, these must not be eaten because they are repulsive: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,
Proverbs 23:5It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
Isaiah 40:31But those who trust in the Lord will have their strength renewed. They will fly high with wings like eagles. They will run and not be tired. They will walk and not be worn out.
Hosea 8:1Put a trumpet to your lips! An eagle swoops over the house of the Lord because they have broken my agreement and rebelled against 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 →