Job 39:27
Is it at your orders that the eagle mounts up 1 and makes his nest in high places? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, 1 that he stretches out his wings for the south? 1
28He lives on cliffs and makes his home 1 on the peaks of cliffs, a stronghold. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13The birds you must detest and that you must not eat are these: the eagle, the vulture,
Proverbs 23:5Will you let your eyes light upon it? 1 It will be gone, 1 for it will surely take up wings like an eagle 1 and fly off to the sky. 1
Isaiah 40:31but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength; they will soar with wings like eagles; 1 they will run and not be weary; they will walk and not faint.
Hosea 8:1“Place a trumpet at your lips! 1 An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh 1 because the people have broken my covenant 1 and rebelled against my law. 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 →