Job 39:27
And does the eagle rise at thy command, 1 And the vulture remain sitting over his nest, 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
28On a crag of a rock, and in a secret place? 1
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle.
Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; 1 For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, 1 And he returns to the house of his master. 1
Isaiah 40:31but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
Hosea 8:1He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned 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 →