Job 39:26
Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
KJV1611 – Modern English
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch its wings toward the south?
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Is it by thy wisdom{H998} that the hawk{H5322} soareth,{H82} (And) stretcheth{H6566} her wings{H3671} toward the south?{H8486}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Doth the hawk{H5322} fly{H82}{(H8686)} by thy wisdom{H998}, and stretch{H6566}{(H8799)} her wings{H3671} toward the south{H8486}?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Commeth it thorow thy wysdome, that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south?
Geneva Bible (1560)
(39:29) Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke flieth toward the south?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
Webster's Bible (1833)
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
American Standard Version (1901)
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
American Standard Version (1901)
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.
World English Bible (2000)
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
Referenced Verses
- Lev 16:11 : 11 Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. He is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
- Deut 14:15 : 15 the ostrich, the night hawk, the sea gull, and any kind of hawk;
- Song 2:12 : 12 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- Jer 8:7 : 7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane—they observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
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