Job 39:27 · KJV
“Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? {at...: Heb. by thy mouth}”
— Job 39:27
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, {and} stretch her wings toward the south?
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job 39 — Context
He 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? {at...: Heb. by thy mouth}
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.
Cross References
Obadiah 1:4
Though thou exalt {thyself} as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:16
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, {and} the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Exodus 19:4
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and {how} I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Psalms 103:5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good {things; so that} thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Leviticus 11:13
And these {are they which} ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they {are} an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Hosea 8:1
{Set} the trumpet to thy mouth. {He shall come} as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. {thy: Heb. the roof of thy}
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}