Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Job 39:28
Which she doth partly for the security of herself and her young; and partly that she may thence have the better prospect to discern her prey, as it followeth.
Which she doth partly for the security of herself and her young; and partly that she may thence have the better prospect to discern her prey, as it followeth.
Verse Job 39:28. _UPON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK_] שן סלע _shen sela_, the _tooth of the rock_, i.e., some _projecting_ part, whither _adventurous_ man himself dares not follow her. _AND THE STRONG PLACE...
SHE DWELLETH AND ABIDETH ON THE ROCK - “He rarely quits the mountains to descend into the plains. Each pair live in an insulated state, establishing their quarters on some high and precipitous cliff,...
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...
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....
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...
_SHE DWELLETH AND ABIDETH ON THE ROCK, UPON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK, AND THE STRONG PLACE._ Abideth - securely (Psalms 91:1); it occupies the same abode mostly for life. CRAG - literally, tooth х_ SHE...
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...
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...
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...
סֶ֣לַע יִ֭שְׁכֹּן וְ יִתְלֹנָ֑ן עַֽל ־שֶׁן ־ס
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...
_Access. See Abdias iv.; Aristotle, anim. ix. 32._...
(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...
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...
SHE DWELLETH AND ABIDETH ON THE ROCK, UPON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK, AND THE STRONG PLACE. Where she and her young are safe: so Pliny r says, eagles make their nests in rocks, even in the precipices of th...
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. Ver. 28. _She dwelleth and abideth upon the rock, &c._] Which are counterscarfed and encompassed with precipices...
_Doth the eagle mount up at thy command?_ Fly directly upward till she be out of thy sight, which no other bird can do; _and make her nest on high_ In the highest and inaccessible rocks: compare Jerem...
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, that being the place where she locates her aerie, from which she has a wide outlook over the country, UPON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK, AND THE STRONG PLACE, a mighty ca...
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...
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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...
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...
1 Samuel 14:4...