Job 39:27
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.
26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
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.
29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
- KJV
- Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
- WEB
- Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
- ASV
- Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
- DARBY
- Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
- BLB
- [Is it] by your mouth [that] the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
- ÅB
- Er det på ditt bud at ørnen flyver så høyt, og at den bygger sitt rede oppe i høyden?
- OTB
- Er det etter din befaling at ørnen stiger opp,
Og bygger sitt rede høyt oppe? - B1930
- Er det på ditt bud at ørnen flyver så høit, og at den bygger sitt rede oppe i høiden?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextObadiah 1:4
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextExodus 19:4
‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Read in contextHosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Read in contextPsalms 103:5
who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:13
Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Read in contextProverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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