Job 39:24-30

24 He charges ahead^[a] with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound.

25 When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly.^[b] He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry.

26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south?

27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high?^[c]

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

29 From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance.

30 Its brood gulps down blood, and wherever corpses lie, it is there.^[d]

Job 39:24-30 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit He swallows the ground
• [b]. Lit he says, "Aha!"
• [c]. Jr 49:16; Ob 4
• [d]. Ezk 39:17-20; Mt 24:28; Rv 19:17-18,21