Job 39:23-30

23 The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?

27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?

28 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."

Job 39:23-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.