Job 39:28

28 It perches for the night on a cliff. Its fortress is on a jagged peak.

Job 39:28 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:28

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the
rock, and the strong place.
] Where she and her young are safe: so Pliny

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 says, eagles make their nests in rocks, even in the precipices of them, as the philosopher quoted in the preceding verse; and here on the tooth, edge, or precipice of the rock, which is inaccessible, and so like a strong fortified place.

F18 Nat. Hist. l. 10. 3.

Job 39:28 In-Context

26 "Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly and spread its wings toward the south?

27 Is it by your order that the eagle flies high and makes its nest on the heights?

28 It perches for the night on a cliff. Its fortress is on a jagged peak.

29 From there it seeks food, and its eyes see it from far away.

30 Its young ones feed on blood. It is found wherever there are dead bodies."