John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command ,.... No; but by an instinct which God has placed in it, and a capacity he has given it above all other birds. They take a circuit in their flight, and bend about before they soar aloft: but the eagle steers its course directly upwards towards heaven, till out of sight; and, as Apuleius says F16 Florida 1. , up to the clouds, where it rains and snows, and beyond which there is no place for thunder and lightning; and make her nest on high ? so... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 39:26-30
The birds of the air are proofs of the wonderful power and providences of God, as well as the beasts of the earth; God here refers particularly to two stately ones:?1. The hawk, a noble bird of great strength and sagacity, and yet a bird of prey, Job 39:26. This bird is here taken notice of for her flight, which is swift and strong, and especially for the course she steers towards the south, whither she follows the sun in winter, out of the colder countries in the north, especially when she is... read more