Job 39 · Verse 28

Job 39:28

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job 39:28, King James Version

Job 39:28 in other translations

BSBHe dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
WEBOn the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
ASVOn the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
YLTA rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
DARBYHe inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
BBEOn the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.
WebsterShe dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

What does Job 39:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. abideth--securely (Psa 91:1); it occupies the same abode mostly for life. crag--literally, "tooth" (1Sa 14:5, Margin). strong place--citadel, fastness.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Upon the crag of the rock - שן סלע shen sela, the tooth of the rock, i.e., some projecting part, whither adventurous man himself dares not follow her. And the strong place - ומצודה umetsudah. Mr. Good translates this word ravine, and joins it to Job 39:29, thus: "And thence espieth the ravine: her eyes trace the prey afar off."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 39:28 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.

סֶ֣לַעSe.la'a rockH5553
יִ֭שְׁכֹּןYish.konit dwellsH7931
וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ןve.yit.lo.Nanand it may pass [the] nightH3885
עַֽל\־'al-onH5921
שֶׁן\־shen-[the] tooth ofH8127
סֶ֝֗לַעSe.la'a rockH5553
וּמְצוּדָֽה\׃u.me.tzu.Dahand a strongholdH4686

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

Cross references for Job 39:28

  • 1 Samuel 14:4

    And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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1Sa 14:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Job 39:29

    From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

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Job 39:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Antes como que dice entre los clarines: ¡Ea!, y desde lejos huele la batalla, el grito de los capitanes, y la vocería.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il demeure dans les rochers et y fait son habitation, sur la dent du rocher et sur les hautes cimes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In den Felsen wohnt und verweilt er, auf Felsenzacken und den Spitzen der Berge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In petris manet, et in præruptis silicibus commoratur, atque inaccessis rupibus.