Job 39:28
On a rock he dwelleth, and spendeth his nights, on a rocky crag and mountain fastness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
In Context
27Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest?
29From there he espieth his food, from afar can his eyes behold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:4And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Philistines, there was a sharp point of rock on the one side, and a sharp point of rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
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 →