Job 39:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and spreads his wings toward the south?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, And stretch her wings toward the south?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Is it by your wisdom [Job] that the hawk soars and stretches her wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

Common English Bible

²⁶ Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings to the south?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?

Job 39:26 Cross References

Job 39:25

When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:27

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?

Song of Solomon 2:12

The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.

Leviticus 16:11

“Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house; he shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself.

Deuteronomy 14:15

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk, after their kinds;