KJV King James Version
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
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Job 39:26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
WEB World English Bible
“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
ASV American Standard Version
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
Surrounding context — Job 39
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
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Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.Song of Solomon 2:12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;Deuteronomy 14:15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,Leviticus 16:11And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself:
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