Job 39:28
Verse 28 of 30. The 39th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Job 39:28 in the World English Bible
On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.Read Job 39:28 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 39:28
Her house is her castle and strong-hold; she makes it on high and on the rock, the crag of the rock (v. 28), which sets her and her young out of the reach of danger. Secure sinners think themselves as safe in their sins as the eagle in her nest on high, in the clefts of the rock; but I will bring thee down thence, saith the Lord, Jer. xlix. 16.
Read Matthew Henry on Job 39:26–30: Description of the Hawk and Eagle. (b. c. 1520.)
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