God’s Word Translation
Job 39:30
30Its young ones feed on blood. It is found wherever there are dead bodies.”
Job 39:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
- New International Version (NIV)Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”
Context of Job 39:30
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. Its young ones feed on blood. It is found wherever there are dead bodies.”
Read all of Job 39Job 39:30 word by word
וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חֲ֝לָלִ֗ים שָׁ֣ם הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:30
- Ezekiel 39:17“Son of man, this is what the Almighty Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild animal, ‘Assemble, and come together from all around for the sacrifice that I’m preparing for you. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel. You can eat meat and drink blood there.
- Matthew 24:28Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.
- Luke 17:37They asked him, “Where, Lord?” Jesus told them, “Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.”
Commentaries on Job 39:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Her young ones also suck up blood - The eagle does not feed her young with carrion, but with prey newly slain, so that they may suck up blood. Where the slain are, there is she - These words are quoted by our Lord. "Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together," Matthew 24:28; (note). It is likely, however, that this was a proverbial mode of expression; and our Lord adapts it to the circumstances of the Jewish people, who were…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Her young ones also suck up blood - The word used here (יעלעוּ ye‛âl‛û ) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is supposed to mean, to sup up greedily; referring to the fact that the young ones of the eagle devour blood voraciously. They are too feeble to devour the flesh, and hence, they are fed on the blood of the victim. The strength of the eagle consists in the beak, talons, and wings; and such is their power, that they are able to convey animals…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Where there is a dead body, you will find the eagle feeding on the remains (Ezekiel 39:17–19; Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Quoted partly by Jesus Christ (Mt 24:28). The food of young eagles is the blood of victims brought by the parent, when they are still too feeble to devour flesh. slain--As the vulture chiefly feeds on carcasses, it is included probably in the eagle 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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