Job 39:24-30

24 Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead; when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.

25 At each blast of the trumpet they snort; they can smell a battle before they get near, and they hear the officers shouting commands.

26 Does a hawk learn from you how to fly when it spreads its wings toward the south?

27 Does an eagle wait for your command to build its nest high in the mountains?

28 It makes its home on the highest rocks and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.

29 From there it watches near and far for something to kill and eat.

30 Around dead bodies the eagles gather, ¹ and the young eagles drink the blood.

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.

Cross References

• 1. 39.30Matthew 24.28;Luke 17.37.