Job 39:26
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? | Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? | Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south? |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¿ from understanding your | הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ | hami-bi-NA-te-kha | H0998 | understandingבִּינָה (bi.nah) 1) understanding, discernment 1a) act 1b) faculty 1c) object 1d) personified Aramaic equivalent: bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0999) |
| does it soar | יַֽאֲבֶר־ | ya-'a-ver- | H0082 | to flyאָבַר (a.var) (Hiphil) to fly (to move wings) |
| a falcon | נֵ֑ץ | Netz | H5322B | hawkנֵץ (nets) 1) a unclean bird of prey 1a) hawk, falcon 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown |
| does it spread out? | יִפְרֹ֖שׂ | yif-ROS | H6566 | to spreadפָּרַשׂ (pa.ra.s) 1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter |
| wings its | כְּנָפָ֣יו | ke-na-fov | H3671 | wingכָּנָף (ka.naph) 1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt 1a) wing 1b) extremity 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment) |
| to [the] south | לְתֵימָֽן׃ | le-tei-MAN | H8486 | southתֵּימָן (te.man) 1) south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind 1a) south (of territory) 1b) southern quarter (of the sky) 1c) toward the south, southward (of direction) 1d) south wind |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.