Job 39 · Verse 27

Job 39:27

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

Job 39:27, King James Version

Job 39:27 in other translations

BSB	Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
WEB	Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
ASV	Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
YLT	At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
DARBY	Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
BBE	Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?
Webster	Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

What does Job 39:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. eagle--It flies highest of all birds: thence called "the bird of heaven."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27 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).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 39:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-or?H518

עַל\־'al-onH5921

פִּ֭יךָPi.khamouth yourH6310

יַגְבִּ֣יהַּyag.Bi.ahdoes it make high [its flight]H1361

נָ֑שֶׁרNa.sheran eagleH5404

וְ֝כִ֗יve.Khiand thatH3588

יָרִ֥יםya.Rimit sets on highH7311

קִנּֽוֹ\׃ki.Nonest itsH7064

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 39:27

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the eagle.
Ex 19:4; Le 11:13; Ps 103:5; Pr 23:5; Isa 40:31; Ho 8:1
at thy command. Heb. by thy mouth. make.
Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4

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Context

Job 39:26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Job 39:28
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

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Job 39:27 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y él con ímpetu y furor escarba la tierra, sin importarle el sonido de la bocina;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Est-ce à ta parole que l’aigle s’élève et qu’il bâtit haut son aire?
German Elberfelder 1871	Oder erhebt sich auf deinen Befehl der Adler, und baut in der Höhe sein Nest?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Numquid ad præceptum tuum elevabitur aquila, et in arduis ponet nidum suum?