“ From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. ”
From, thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off - “ When far aloft, and no longer discernible by the human eye, such is the wonderful acuteness of its sight, that from the same ele...
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her eyes behold afar off - The eagle was proverbial for her strong and clear sight. So Horace, lib. i., sat. iii., ver. 25: - Cum t...
Her eyes behold afar off— Dr. Young paraphrases this well: Thence [from the rock] wide o'er nature takes her dread survey, And, with a glance predestinates her prey. And he observes, that the ea...
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Seeketh - is on the look out for. Behold - the eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance by sight rather than smel...
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...
From thence she seeketh the prey ,.... From the high rock; from whence she can look down into valleys, and even into the sea; and spy what is for her purpose, and descend and seize upon them; as lam...
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off. Ver. 29. From thence she seeketh her prey ] Besides fowls (whereof she is called the queen) she preyeth upon hares, hinds, foxes,...
Her eyes behold afar off Dr. Young observes, that “the eagle is said to be of so acute a sight that, when she is so high in the air that man cannot see her, she can discern the smallest fish in the...
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...
Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is able to look upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest prey upon the earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our sight; which wh...
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...
Job 9:26
Her eyes — Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is able to look upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest prey upon the earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our si...