Job 39:27

Job 39:27

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

a. NLT: Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?

b. NIV: Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

c. YLT: At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on [a] high [inaccessible place]?

e. Septuagint: And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest, 28 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Is it by your command that the eagle soars, or makes his nest on high?

1. “Doth the eagle mount up at thy command…”

a. Doth the eagle [5404 * nesher] [Strong: from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey):--eagle.]

b. mount up [1361 * gabahh gaw-bah' a primitive root; to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty:--exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.]

c. at thy command [6310 * peh] [Strong: from 6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:--accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.]

2. “…and make her nest on high?”

a. make…on high [7311 * ruwm] [Strong: a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):--bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.]

b. her nest [7064 * qen] [Strong: contracted from 7077; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling:--nest, room.]

1). Facts about eagles.

a). Eagles feed on fish, but water fowl, mammals and carrion supplement their diet. Their keen eyesight allows them to spot fish up to 1 mile away. Eagles swoop down to seize fish in their talons, but can only lift about 5 pounds. If the fish is too heavy, they can swim to shore using their strong wings as paddles. http://www.raptorfacts.com

b). Eagles feed mainly on fish, but water fowl, small mammals and carrion supplement their diet, especially when fish are in short supply. Eagles can fly up to 30 m.p.h. and can dive at speeds up to 100 m.p.h. Their keen eyesight allows them to spot fish at distances up to 1 mile. Eagles swoop down to seize a fish in their talons and carry it off, but can only lift about five pounds. Under certain circumstances, eagles have been known to drown trying to lift a fish that weighed too much.  Bald Eagles have also been known to swim to shore with a heavy fish using their strong wings as paddles. http://www.baldeagles.org/info

c). Mating Bald eagles mate for life.   Courting behavior begins in early April and often involves spectacular aerial displays of eagles diving and locking talons. Eagles lay from 1 to 3 eggs (commonly two) and the eggs usually hatch between late May and early June after a 34 or 35 day incubation period. At four months of age, eaglets appear to be larger than their parents because of their longer flight feathers. These feathers serve as nature’s training wheels, helping the juveniles stabilize during their early flying days. By the end of the summer, the parent eagles begin to suffer from "empty nest syndrome" as their offspring can generally fly and take off to be on their own. Eagles migrate in winter and often roost and hunt in groups along waterways that don't freeze and have abundant food. http://www.baldeagles.org/info

d). Because the hawk or any fowl of the air flies by the wisdom of God, then that means all the ability the bird has that enables it to do so is the wisdom of God. Including the design of its wings and the ability of the hawk to utilize all comes from God. The animal, in this case was designed and created to fly. It is therefore the same will any other creature created by God on this earth, all of their abilities to do whatever they utilize whether its some sort of deception, speed, camouflage, even its ability to nurse and protect its young, it is all included in the wisdom of God.