Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom? &c.— Thuanus, De Re Accip. mentions a hawk which flew from London to Paris in a night; and it was on account of its remarkable swiftness that the Egyptians made it their hieroglyphic for the wind.
Verse Job 39:26. _DOTH THE HAWK FLY BY THY WISDOM_] The _hawk_ is called נץ _nets_, from its swiftness in darting down upon its prey; hence its _Latin_ name, _nisus_, which is almost the same as the...
DOTH THE HAWK FLY BY THY WISDOM - The appeal here is to the hawk, because it is among the most rapid of the birds in its flight. The particuIar thing specified is its flying, and it is supposed that t...
CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30 _ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_ 2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1) 3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....
The hawk. _her wings toward the south_ The allusion is to the migration of the bird southward when the cold season of the year begins. Is it Job's wisdom that directs her flight to the south?...
2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2) TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2 39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH? _Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst...
_DOTH THE HAWK FLY BY THY WISDOM, AND STRETCH HER WINGS TOWARD THE SOUTH?_ The instinct by which some birds migrate to warmer climates before winter. Rapid flying peculiarly characterizes The instinc...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. In view of...
The migratory hawk is intended, which leaves Palestine for the S. in winter....
This hawk is a bird that migrates. In other words, it flies to a different country for the winter. Some birds fly thousands of miles each year. But they do not simply go anywhere. They fly to a partic...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 39 GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
DOTH THE HAWK FLY? — The more symmetrical order of these descriptions would be for the ostrich to have come _after_ the war-horse and before the hawk; in that case there would have been a gradual tran...
הֲֽ֭ מִ בִּינָ֣תְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר ־נֵ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֖שׂ _כְּנָפָ֣יו_
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...
“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?” Job 39:1 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1; the wild ass, Job 39:5...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the (p) south? (p) That is, when cold comes, to fly into the warm countries....
_Feathered. Hebrew, "fly." (Haydock) --- South, at the approach of "winter retiring" to warmer regions. (Pliny x. 8.) --- Septuagint, "spreading her wings, looking unmoved, towards the south." The haw...
(26) В¶ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? This is not the only part of scripture where the LORD makes use of the instinct of nature, in the birds or beasts of th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
DOTH THE HAWK FLY BY THY WISDOM,.... With so much swiftness, steadiness, and constancy, until she has seized her prey. The Vulgate Latin version and some others read, "does she become feathered", or ...
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south? Ver. 26. _Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom?_] Or, Doth the hawk _(plumescere)_ get her feathers by thy wisdom? The word comet...
_Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom?_ So strongly, constantly, unweariedly, and swiftly. Thuanus mentions a hawk which flew from London to Paris in a night; and it was on account of the remarkable swiftn...
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, flying up to great heights as a result of Job's understanding, AND STRETCH HER WINGS TOWARD THE SOUTH, in the annual migration, to this day one of the secrets of bird-...
V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the travai...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
Here we have hawks and eagles. The annual migration of the hawk toward the south occurred without Job's input or wisdom. On the other hand the eagle builds its nest high in the mountains from where it...
DOTH THE HAWK FLY in so singular a manner, so strongly and steadily, so constantly and unweariedly, so swiftly and speedily, so regularly and cunningly, to catch her prey, _by thy wisdom_; didst thou...
Job 39:26 hawk H5322 fly H82 (H8686) wisdom H998 spread H6566 (H8799) wings H3671 south H8486 the hawk -...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ THE HIGHER TEACHING OF NATURE The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs dis...
NOTES Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
EXPOSITION JOB 39:1 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
Deuteronomy 14:15; Jeremiah 8:7; Leviticus 16:11; Song of Solomon 2:12...
Fly — So strongly, constantly, unweariedly, and swiftly. South — At the approach of winter, when wild hawks fly into warmer countries, as being impatient of cold. The birds of the air are proofs of th...