Job 39:27
Doth the nesher (eagle) mount up at thy command, 1 and make her ken (nest) on high? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26Doth the hawk fly by thy binah, 1 and stretch her wings toward the south? 1
28She dwelleth and abideth on the cliff, 1 upon the crag of the rock, its metzudah (stronghold). 1
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13And these are they which ye shall have in sheketz among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are sheketz: the nesher (eagle), and the vulture, and the white-tailed eagle,
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? 1 For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); 1 they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim. 1
Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon Hashem shall renew their ko'ach; 1 they shall mount up with wings as eagles; 1 they shall run, and not grow weary; 1 and they shall walk, and not faint.
Hosea 8:1Set the shofar to thy lips. 1 He + 8:1 the Assyrian enemy shall come as a nesher against the Bais Hashem, 1 because they have transgressed My brit (covenant), 1 and committed pesha against My torah. 1
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 →