The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
Deuteronomy 32:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, Fluttereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her wings: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, He spread abroad His wings and He took them, He bore them on His pinions. [Luke 13:34.] American Standard Version (1901) As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions. Common English Bible Like an eagle protecting its nest, hovering over its young, God spread out his wings, took hold of Israel, carried him on his back. Catholic Public Domain Version just as an eagle encourages its young to fly, and, flying above them, stretches out its wings, and takes them up, and carries them on its shoulders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the eagle enticing her young to fly, and hovering over them, he spread his wings, and hath taken him and carried him on his shoulders. |
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will spare and rescue it.
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
For as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord, he dwells in safety by him; he encompasses him all the day long, and makes his dwelling between his shoulders.”
By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.
But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth;