Holy Scripture

Job 39:29

A church father on this verse
“From thence she beholdeth her food. Her eyes behold afar off. 100. That is, from these choirs of Angels he directs the eyes of his mind to contemplate the glory of the Majesty on high: and, not seeing it, he is still hungry: and seeing it, at length, he is satisfied. For it is written, Because his soul, hath laboured,…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI

Source: Septuagint

Original

29Thence he seeks food, His eyes observe from far.

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In context

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?

— Job 39:29 —

30And his young ones roll themselves in blood, And wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.

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