Job 39:27
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
In Context
26By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
28A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:13'And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they [are]: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Proverbs 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Isaiah 40:31But those expecting Jehovah pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
Hosea 8:1'Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.
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 →