Job 39:26

24 Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

25 At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
KJV
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
WEB
“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
ASV
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
DARBY
Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?
BLB
By your understanding does the hawk soar [and] spread his wings toward the south?
ÅB
Skyldes det din forstand at høken svinger seg opp og breder ut sine vinger mot Syden?
OTB
«Er det gjennom din visdom at hauken svever,
Strekkende sine vinger mot sør?
B1930
Skyldes det din forstand at høken svinger sig op og breder ut sine vinger mot Syden?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Song of Solomon 2:12

    The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

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  • Leviticus 16:11

    When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

    Read in context
  • Deuteronomy 14:15

    the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

    Read in context
  • Jeremiah 8:7

    Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

    Read in context