Job 39:26
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
In Context
27At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:15and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;
Jeremiah 8:7Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:20-26
Description of the War-Horse. ( b. c. 1520.) 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:… Read the whole commentary →