Job 39:29
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job 39:29 in other translations
| BSB | From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. |
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| WEB | From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. |
| ASV | From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. |
| YLT | From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, |
| DARBY | From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance; |
| BBE | From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off. |
| Webster | From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. |
What does Job 39:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. seeketh--is on the lookout for. behold--The eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance, by sight, rather than smell.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Her eyes behold afar off - The eagle was proverbial for her strong and clear sight. So Horace, lib. i., sat. iii., ver. 25: - Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, Cur in amicorum vitas tam cernis acutum, Quam aut aquila, aut serpens Epidaurius? "For wherefore while you carelessly pass by Your own worst vices with unheeding eye, Why so sharp-sighted in another's fame, Strong as an eagle's ken, or dragon's beam?" Francis. So Aelian, lib. i., cap. 42. And Homer, Iliad xvii., calls the eagle οξυτατον ὑπουρανιων πετεηνων, "The most quick-sighted of all fowls under heaven."
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Job 39:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 39:29
- Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
she.
9:26
her.The eagle is proverbial for her strong and clear sight.
9:26
her.The eagle is proverbial for her strong and clear sight.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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.
- Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Job 39:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Vuela el gavilán por tu industria, y extiende hacia el mediodía sus alas? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | De là il épie sa nourriture, ses yeux regardent dans le lointain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von dort aus erspäht er Nahrung, in die Ferne blicken seine Augen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Inde contemplatur escam, et de longe oculi ejus prospiciunt. |