Job 39:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾim-ʿal-pîka yagbîah nāšer wə-kî yārîm qinnô

Grammar Details

*ʾim*: interrogative particle - is it?
*ʿal*: preposition - at
*pîka*: masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your command
*yagbîah*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it mounts up
*nāšer*: masculine singular absolute - eagle/vulture
*wə*: conjunction - and
*kî*: conjunction - that
*yārîm*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it lifts high
*qinnô*: masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its nest

Word Meanings

*ʿal*-*pîka*: at your command/by your mouth/at your word
*yagbîah*: it mounts up/soars/flies high
*nāšer*: eagle/vulture/great bird of prey
*yārîm*: it lifts high/raises/exalts
*qinnô*: its nest/abode

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Jer 49:16 : 16 As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Hos 8:1 : 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Exod 19:4 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Lev 11:13 : 13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
Ps 103:5 : 5 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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