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Job 39:27

Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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 about…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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, she can discern a small fish in the water! See on Job 39:29 (note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 39:26-30

The birds of the air are proofs of the wonderful power and providences of God, as well as the beasts of the earth; God here refers particularly to two stately ones: - 1. The hawk, a noble bird of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 39:27-30

The eagle.

Is it at Job's command that the eagle fixes her habitation fearlessly on the dizzy crag? Did he bestow on her her penetrating vision, which scans the wide expanse of country and pierces…