Job 39:27
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13“‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
Proverbs 23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Isaiah 40:31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Hosea 8:1“Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled 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 →