Job 39:26

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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.

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 appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

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  • Leviticus 16:11

    And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

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  • Deuteronomy 14:15

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

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  • Jeremiah 8:7

    Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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