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Job 39:26
26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
Job 39:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- New International Version (NIV)“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?
Context of Job 39:26
24With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground, And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet. 25As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’ And he smells the battle from far away, And senses the thunder of the captains and the war cry. “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]? 27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]? 28On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely], Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:26 word by word
הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֖שׂ כְּנָפָ֣יו לְתֵימָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:26
- Leviticus 16:11“Aaron shall present the bull as the sin offering for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household (the other priests), and he shall kill the bull as the sin offering for himself.
- Deuteronomy 14:15and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any variety,
- Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons [of migration], And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane Observe the time of their return. But My people do not know The law of the Lord.
Commentaries on Job 39:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom - The hawk is called נץ nets, from its swiftness in darting down upon its prey; hence its Latin name, nisus, which is almost the same as the Hebrew. It may very probably mean the falcon, observes Dr. Shaw. The flight of a strong falcon is wonderfully swift. A falcon belonging to the Duke of Cleves flew out of Westphalia into Prussia in one day; and in the county of Norfolk, a hawk has made a flight at a woodcock of near…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom - The appeal here is to the hawk, because it is among the most rapid of the birds in its flight. The particuIar thing specified is its flying, and it is supposed that there was something special in that which distinguished it from other birds. Whether it was in regard to its speed, to its manner of flying, or to its habits of flying at periodical seasons, may indeed be made a matter of inquiry, but it is clear that the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. The instinct by which some birds migrate to warmer climes before winter. Rapid flying peculiarly characterizes the whole hawk genus.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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