The Meaning of Job 39:26 Explained

Job 39:26

KJV: Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

YLT: By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

Darby: Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?

ASV: Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Doth the hawk  fly  by thy wisdom,  [and] stretch  her wings  toward the south? 

What does Job 39:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 39:1-30 - "knowest Thou?" "canst Thou?"
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4; the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; the wild ox, Job 39:9-12; the peacocks and ostriches, Job 39:13-18; the war horse, Job 39:19-25; the hawk, Job 39:26-30. In each case some special point is asked, hidden from the observation of ordinary men. If Job were unable to know more than they on such matters as these, how could he expect to know more than they of the reasons that dictate God's dealings with His people?
There is mystery in every part of the universe of God. He hides Himself, so that we cannot discover Him. His thoughts are deeper, His ways profounder, than our mind can fathom. There is not a single pathway leading out of the garden of life along which a man, traversing it, will not come to a point when the track dies away in the grass and there is no further progress. In nature and in Scripture alike we have to deal with the inscrutability of God's ways. Nor can we wonder, if the God of the Bible and of nature be the God of providence, to find mystery also there. This is the argument of The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, by Bishop Butler. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 39

1  Of the wild goats and hinds
5  Of the wild donkey
9  The unicorn
13  The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19  The horse
26  The hawk
27  The eagle

What do the individual words in Job 39:26 mean?

Does by your wisdom fly the hawk [And] spread - its wings toward the south
הֲ‍ֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־ נֵ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֖שׂ [כנפו] (כְּנָפָ֣יו) ؟ לְתֵימָֽן

הֲ‍ֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ  Does  by  your  wisdom 
Parse: Article, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בִּינָה  
Sense: understanding, discernment.
יַֽאֲבֶר־  fly 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: אָבַר  
Sense: (Hiphil) to fly (to move wings).
נֵ֑ץ  the  hawk 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵץ 
Sense: blossom.
יִפְרֹ֖שׂ  [And]  spread 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
[כנפו]  - 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
(כְּנָפָ֣יו)  its  wings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
؟ לְתֵימָֽן  toward  the  south 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֵּימָן  
Sense: south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind.

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