Job 39:28

28 It lives [on the] rock and spends the night {on the rock point and the mountain stronghold}.

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 [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?

27 Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

28 It lives [on the] rock and spends the night {on the rock point and the mountain stronghold}.

29 From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away.

30 And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "on [the] tooth of [the] rock and [the] stronghold"