God’s Word Translation
Job 39:27
27Is it by your order that the eagle flies high and makes its nest on the heights?
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
25As often as the horn sounds, the horse says, ‘Aha!’ and it smells the battle far away— the thundering ⌞orders⌟ of the captains and the battle cries. 26“Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly and spread its wings toward the south? Is it by your order that the eagle flies high and makes its nest on the heights? 28It perches for the night on a cliff. Its fortress is on a jagged peak. 29From there it seeks food, and its eyes see it from far away.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:27 word by word
אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:27
- Exodus 19:4‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to my mountain.
- Leviticus 11:13“Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
- Psalms 103:5the one who fills your life with blessings so that you become young again like an eagle.
- Proverbs 23:5Will you catch only a fleeting glimpse of wealth before it is gone? It makes wings for itself like an eagle flying into the sky.
- Isaiah 40:31Yet, the strength of those who wait with hope in the Lord will be renewed. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and won’t become weary. They will walk and won’t grow tired.
- Hosea 8:1“Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn. The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.
- Jeremiah 49:16You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
- Obadiah 1:4Even though you fly high like an eagle and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
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
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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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