Job 39:28

28 They dwell on an outcropping of rock, their fortress on rock's edge.

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 Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings to the south?

27 Or at your command does the eagle soar, the vulture build a nest on high?

28 They dwell on an outcropping of rock, their fortress on rock's edge.

29 From there they search for food; their eyes notice it from afar,

30 and their young lap up blood; where carcasses lie, there they are.