Deuteronomy 32:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

stirreth up. fluttereth. Same word as Genesis 1:2.

nest. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the young in it. Compare Exodus 19:4.Isaiah 63:9.

wings. Hebrew. kanaph: in which lie the feathers.

wings. Hebrew. 'eber: in which lie the strength. We may read verses: Deuteronomy 32:32; Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12 thus: "As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, He bare him on His pinions: That fluttereth over her young, Jehovah alone did lead him, [So] He spread abroad His wings; He took him; And [there was] no strange god with him. "

Deuteronomy 32:11

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: