Job 39:27

Job 39:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
• New International Version (NIV)Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?

Context of Job 39:27

25When it hears the sound of the trumpet, it makes a happy noise. From far away, it recognizes the smell of the battle. It hears the army officers as they shout their commands. 26Was it your wisdom, Job, that taught hawks how to fly? No! You could not teach them to fly towards the south in winter. Do eagles wait for your command to fly high into the sky? No! You could not teach them how to build their nests high up in the mountains. 28They live among the highest rocks. That is where they stay at night. They are safe on the sharp rocks. 29From the high rocks, eagles look for their food. They see small animals far away, that they can catch and eat.

Job 39:27 word by word

אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Doth the eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• mount upגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• at thy commandפֶּהpeh · lip: wordH6310
• and makeרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• her nestקֵןqên · nestH7064
• on highרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Job 39:27

• Exodus 19:4“You yourselves have seen what I did against the Egyptians. You know how I took care of you. I carried you carefully, like an eagle carries her babies on her wings. I brought you here to come to me.
• Leviticus 11:13They must not eat some birds because they are not clean. They must not eat either the eagle or the vulture.
• Psalms 103:5He gives me many good things for my life here. So I become strong again, with the strength of a young eagle.
• Proverbs 23:5Your money can disappear very quickly. It may seem to grow wings and then fly far away like an eagle.
• Isaiah 40:31But people who wait for the Lord to help them will receive new strength. They will rise up high, as if they have the wings of eagles. They will run and they will not become tired. They will walk and they will not become weak.
• Hosea 8:1The Lord says, ‘Warn the people of danger! My people have not obeyed the covenant that I made with them. They have refused to obey my laws. So an enemy army will come to attack their land, like an eagle that is ready to fly down and catch them.
• Jeremiah 49:16You are proud people. You boast that you cause other people to be afraid of you. But your thoughts have deceived you. You live high up among the rocks, and on the tops of mountains. But I will bring you down from there, even if you are as high as an eagle's nest.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Obadiah 1:4You may be like a strong bird that flies high. And you may make your home in the highest places among the stars. But I will bring you down from there.’ That is what the Lord says.

Commentaries on Job 39:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Doth the eagle mount up - The eagle is said to be of so acute a sight, that when she is so high in the air that men cannot see her, she can discern a small fish in the water! See on Job 39:29; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command? - Margin, as in Hebrew, “by thy mouth.” The meaning is, that Job had not power to direct or order the eagle in his lofty flight. The eagle has always been celebrated for the height to which it ascends. When Ramond had reached the summit of Mount Perdu, the highest of the Pyrenees, he perceived no living creature but an eagle which passed above him, flying with inconceivable rapidity in direct opposition to a furious…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. 2727. eagle--It flies highest of all birds: thence called "the bird of heaven."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:27

• Birds
• Eagle
• God

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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