Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward the south?
New American Standard Bible
Stretching his wings toward the south?
King James Version
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Holman Bible
and spread its wings to the south?
A Conservative Version
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south?
American Standard Version
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
Amplified
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
Bible in Basic English
Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?
Darby Translation
Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
Julia Smith Translation
From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south?
King James 2000
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?
Modern King James verseion
Does the hawk soar by your understanding? Will he spread his wings toward the south?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Cometh it through thy wisdom, that the Goshawk flyeth toward the South?
NET Bible
"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
New Heart English Bible
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
The Emphasized Bible
Is it, by thine understanding, that the Bird of Passage betaketh him to his pinions? spreadeth out his wings to the south?
Webster
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?
World English Bible
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
Youngs Literal Translation
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
Interlinear
Biynah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Birds Of Prey
25 When the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, "Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their shouting." 26 "Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward the south? 27 Does the eagle soar high at your command and build its nest on the highest crags?
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 16:11
"Aaron is then to bring the bull for a sin offering for himself, thus making atonement for himself and his household. He is to slaughter the ox for himself.
Deuteronomy 14:15
the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon,
Song of Songs 2:12
Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don't know the requirements of the LORD.