Job 39:27

27 aut ad praeceptum tuum elevabitur aquila et in arduis ponet nidum suum

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 ubi audierit bucinam dicet va procul odoratur bellum exhortationem ducum et ululatum exercitus

26 numquid per sapientiam tuam plumescit accipiter expandens alas suas ad austrum

27 aut ad praeceptum tuum elevabitur aquila et in arduis ponet nidum suum

28 in petris manet et in praeruptis silicibus commoratur atque inaccessis rupibus

29 inde contemplatur escam et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt