“ Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? ”
Doth 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...
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Doth 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,...
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Eagle - it flies highest of all birds: thence called the bird of heaven.
The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. I...
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...
“Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4 ; the wild...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameab...
(27) Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? (28) She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. (29) From thence she seeketh the pr...
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command ,.... No; but by an instinct which God has placed in it, and a capacity he has given it above all other birds. They take a circuit in their flight, and bend ab...
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Ver. 27. Doth the eagle mount up at thy command? ] Mount plumb up (which no bird else can do) to an infinite height, even out of...
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command? Fly directly upward till she be out of thy sight, which no other bird can do; and make her nest on high In the highest and inaccessible rocks: compare Jer...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did...
Description of the Hawk and Eagle. B. C. 1520. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, an...
Mount up; fly directly upward, till she be out of thy sight; which no other bird can do. On high; in the highest and inaccessible rocks. Compare Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:4 .
Notes Job 39:13 . “ Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich? ” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rend...
Job 39:1 . The wild goat, on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws...
Hast thou given the horse strength? The higher teaching of Nature The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs...
EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39 . The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (...
v. 1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve, noting the t...
Exodus 19:4 ; Hosea 8:1 ; Isaiah 40:31 ; Jeremiah 49:16 ; Leviticus 11:13 ; Obadiah 1:4 ; Proverbs 23:5 ; Psalms 103:5
Mount — Flies directly upward 'till she be out of thy sight; which no other bird can do.