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Job 39:28
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It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold.
It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night; the rocky peak is its protected place.
It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.
"On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely], Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.
"He dwells and spends his nights on the cliff, On the rocky cliff, an inaccessible place.
On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
On the cliff he dwells and lodges,Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
their nests on rocky cliffs,
It lives and spends its nights on the cliffs; a rocky crag is its fortress.
He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
He dwells and lodges on the rock, upon the cliff of the precipice.
It makes its home on the highest rocks and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.
It lives on the rock and spends the night on the rock point and the mountain stronghold.
He lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
He abydeth in the stony rockes, ad vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes, where no man can come.
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and the strong place.
He abydeth in stony rockes, and dwelleth vpon the hye toppes of moutaines:
on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?
She dwelleth on the rock, and hath her lodging there, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong hold.
He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche `me may not neiye.
On the cliff she dwells, and makes her home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
He lives on a high rock. His strong place is on the mountain-top that is hard to reach.
It lives on the rock and makes its home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;
She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
On the rock he dwells and makes his home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
"On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
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upon: 1 Samuel 14:4
Reciprocal: Obadiah 1:4 - exalt
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. Where she and her young are safe: so Pliny r says, eagles make their nests in rocks, even in the precipices of them, as the philosopher quoted in the preceding verse; and here on the tooth, edge, or precipice of the rock, which is inaccessible, and so like a strong fortified place.
r Nat. Hist. l. 10. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock - “He rarely quits the mountains to descend into the plains. Each pair live in an insulated state, establishing their quarters on some high and precipitous cliff, at a respectful distance from others of the same species.” “Edin. Ency.” They seem to occupy the same cliff, or place of abode, during their lives; and hence, it is that they are represented as having a permanent abode on the lofty rock. In Damir it is said that the blind poet Besar, son of Jazidi, being asked, if God would give him the choice to be an animal, what he would be, said that he would wish to be nothing else than an “alokab,” a species of the eagle, for they dwelt in places to which no wild animal could have access. Scheutzer, “Phys. Sac. in loc.” The word rendered “abideth” means commonly “to pass the night,” and here refers to the fact that the high rock was its constant abode or dwelling. By night as well as by day, the eagle had his home there.
Upon the crag of the rock - Hebrew, “Upon the tooth of the rock” - from the resemblance of the crag of a rock to a tooth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 39:28. Upon the crag of the rock — שן סלע shen sela, the tooth of the rock, i.e., some projecting part, whither adventurous man himself dares not follow her.
And the strong place. — ומצודה umetsudah. Mr. Good translates this word ravine, and joins it to Job 39:29, thus: "And thence espieth the ravine: her eyes trace the prey afar off."
