Jó 39:27

27 Ou se remonta a águia ao teu mandado, e põe no alto o seu ninho?

Jó 39:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:27

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command
No; but by an instinct which God has placed in it, and a capacity he has given it above all other birds. They take a circuit in their flight, and bend about before they soar aloft: but the eagle steers its course directly upwards towards heaven, till out of sight; and, as Apuleius says ^F16, up to the clouds, where it rains and snows, and beyond which there is no place for thunder and lightning;

and make her nest on high?
so the philosopher says ^F17; eagles make their nests not in plains, but in high places, especially in cragged rocks, as in ( Job 39:28 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Florida 1.
F17 Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 32.

Jó 39:27 In-Context

25 Toda vez que soa a trombeta, diz: Eia! E de longe cheira a guerra, e o trovão dos capitães e os gritos.

26 É pelo teu entendimento que se eleva o gavião, e estende as suas asas para o sul?

27 Ou se remonta a águia ao teu mandado, e põe no alto o seu ninho?

28 Mora nas penhas e ali tem a sua pousada, no cume das penhas, no lugar seguro.

29 Dali descobre a presa; seus olhos a avistam de longe.