Job 39:26
What does Job 39:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 39:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
- Song of Solomon 2:12
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
- Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.
- Deuteronomy 14:15
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
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