Job 39:27
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
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.
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
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Read in contextObadiah 1:4
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Read in contextExodus 19:4
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Read in contextHosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Read in contextPsalms 103:5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:13
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Read in contextProverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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