Holy Scripture

Job 39:26

A church father on this verse
“How does God keep hawks hovering in the air? How does he provide them with nourishment? You can figure out all that he said from a small number of examples! Why did he not mention beefs or rams or other animals of this kind, but only those that are useless for us and seem to exist without reason? This is in order to s…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 39:26-30

Source: Septuagint

Original

26And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, Having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

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24And he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

25And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! And afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

— Job 39:26 —

27And does the eagle rise at thy command, And the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

28On a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?

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