Job 39:26 “Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings t…”

Job 39:26

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

World English Bible

“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

American Standard Version

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

Geneva Bible 1599

Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

Darby Translation

Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

Young's Literal Translation

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

Bible in Basic English

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

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Cross references

“the hawk”

Leviticus 16:11 Deuteronomy 14:15

Leviticus 16:11 · BSB

When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

Deuteronomy 14:15 · BSB

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

“stretch”

Song of Solomon 2:12 Jeremiah 8:7

Song of Solomon 2:12 · BSB

The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

Jeremiah 8:7 · BSB

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

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