Job 39:28

28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.

Job 39:28 in Other Translations

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold.

28 It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.

28 Perfectly at home on the high cliff-face, invulnerable on pinnacle and crag?

28 On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

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

28 It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

28 They live on cliffs and stay there at night. High up on the rocks they think they are safe.

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

---

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 the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?

27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.

29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.

30 Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:3