Job 39:26
By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
In Context
25Among the horns he says, Aha, || And from afar he smells battle, || Roaring of princes and shouting.
27At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:15and the ostrich, and the nightjar [[ or male ostrich]], and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind;
Jeremiah 8:7Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, || And turtle, and swallow, and crane, || Have watched the time of their coming, || And—My people have not known the judgment of YHWH.
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 →