Job 39:29

As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

In Context

28They live in holes in those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks because no animals can reach them there.

30After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”

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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 →

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