KJV King James Version
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
WEB World English Bible
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
ASV American Standard Version
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
Surrounding context — Job 39
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.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
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Jeremiah 49:16Thy 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 1:4Though 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 19:4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.Isaiah 40:31But 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.Psalm 103:5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.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.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.Leviticus 11:13And 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,
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