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Verse Job 39:29. _HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF._] The _eagle_ was
proverbial for her strong and clear sight. So _Horace_, lib. i., sat.
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Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis,
Cu...
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FROM, THENCE SHE SEEKETH THE PREY, AND HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF -
“When far aloft, and no longer discernible by the human eye, such is
the wonderful acuteness of its sight, that from the same elevatio...
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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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The eagle.
Is it at Job's command that the eagle fixes her habitation fearlessly
on the dizzy crag? Did he bestow on her her penetrating vision, which
scans the wide expanse of country and pierces in...
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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....
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HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF— Dr. Young paraphrases this well:
Thence [from the rock] wide o'er nature takes her dread survey, And,
with a glance predestinates her prey.
And he observes, that the eagle i...
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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...
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_FROM THENCE SHE SEEKETH THE PREY, AND HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF._
Seeketh - is on the look out for.
BEHOLD - the eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance by
sight rather than smell....
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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...
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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...
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In verses 19-26, God described a terrible battle. After the battle,
the vultures come. Vultures are birds that eat dead bodies. They do
not hunt for anything that is alive. Perhaps they are eating the...
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מִ שָּׁ֥ם חָֽפַר ־אֹ֑כֶל לְ֝ מֵ
רָחֹ֗וק
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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_Off. The eagle was remarkably (Calmet) quick-sighted, (Worthington)
as well as the serpent. (Horace i. Sat. iii.; Homer, Iliad xvii.) ---
They say it can discern a fly or a fish from the highest situ...
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(27) Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on
high? (28) She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the
rock, and the strong place. (29) From thence she seeketh the pre...
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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...
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FROM THENCE SHE SEEKETH THE PREY,.... From the high rock; from whence
she can look down into valleys, and even into the sea; and spy what is
for her purpose, and descend and seize upon them; as lambs,...
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From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
Ver. 29. _From thence she seeketh her prey_] Besides fowls (whereof
she is called the queen) she preyeth upon hares, hinds, foxes, an...
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_Her eyes behold afar off_ Dr. Young observes, that “the eagle is
said to be of so acute a sight that, when she is so high in the air
that man cannot see her, she can discern the smallest fish in the...
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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...
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Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is able to look
upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest prey upon the
earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our sight; which whe...
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Job 39:29 spies H2658 (H8804) prey H400 eyes H5869 observe H5027
(H8686) afar H7350
she -...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Job 9:26...
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Her eyes — Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is
able to look upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest
prey upon the earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our sight...