Bible Strands
Job 39:29
From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Job in a rhetorical discourse on creation, describing the eagle’s nesting location on a rocky crag and its hunting behavior.
The words — חָֽפַר (cha.far) translates literally as “it spies out,” and אֹכֶל ('ochel) means “food,” denoting the bird’s targeted search for prey.
The thread — The description of aerial predation and keen sight runs parallel to Job 9:26, which similarly depicts the creature swooping down on its target.
Why it lands — The text presents the eagle’s visual range and hunting instinct as observable facts of design, asking the reader to acknowledge that natural precision operates under divine authority rather than human control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Cross-references
- Job 9:26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.