Job 39:30
“Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Her young ones also suck up blood,.... As well as herself, being brought up to it by her. The eagle cares not for water,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Her young ones also suck up blood - The word used here (יעלעוּ ye‛âl‛û) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Her young ones also suck up blood - The eagle does not feed her young with carrion, but with prey newly slain, so that…
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, 1882–1921Job 39:27-30
The eagle.
Is it at Job's command that the eagle fixes her habitation fearlessly on the dizzy crag? Did he bestow on…