KJV King James Version
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
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Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
WEB World English Bible
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
ASV American Standard Version
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced are—there is he!
Surrounding context — Job 39
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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Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.Luke 17:37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.Ezekiel 39:17-19And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, [even] a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
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