Job 39:26
Is it through thy understanding that the hawk flieth along, and spreadeth out his wings toward the south?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
In Context
27Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:15And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the swallow, atad the crane observe the time of their coming home; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:20-26
Description of the War-Horse. ( b. c. 1520.) 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:… Read the whole commentary →