Job 39:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃
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- Jer 49:16Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
- Obad 1:4Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
- Ex 19:4You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself.
- Hos 8:1Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
- Prov 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
- Lev 11:13Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.
- Isa 40:31But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
- Ps 103 (102):5