New King James Version
Job 39:27
27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?
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 Living Translation (NLT)Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?
Context of Job 39:27
25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting. 26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high? 28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. 29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:27 word by word
אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:27
- Exodus 19:4‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- Leviticus 11:13‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
- Psalms 103:5Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Proverbs 23:5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
- Isaiah 40:31But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
- Hosea 8:1“Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
- Jeremiah 49:16Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
- Obadiah 1:4Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says 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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