Job 39:27

27 Bondissant et frémissant, il dévore l'espace; il ne peut se contenir dès que la trompette sonne;

Job 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.

Job 39:27 In-Context

25 Il se rit de la crainte, il n'a peur de rien; il ne recule point devant l'épée.

26 Sur lui retentit le carquois, la lance étincelante et le javelot.

27 Bondissant et frémissant, il dévore l'espace; il ne peut se contenir dès que la trompette sonne;

28 Dès qu'il entend la trompette, il hennit; il sent de loin la bataille, la voix tonnante des chefs et les clameurs des guerriers.

29 Est-ce par ta sagesse que l'épervier prend son vol, et déploie ses ailes vers le Midi?