Job 39:26
“Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom,.... With so much swiftness, steadiness, and constancy, until she has seized her prey.…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
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…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom - The hawk is called נץ nets, from its swiftness in darting down upon its prey; hence…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 39:26-30
The birds of the air are proofs of the wonderful power and providences of God, as well as the beasts of the earth; God…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The hawk.
her wings toward the south The allusion is to the migration of the bird southward when the cold season of the…
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