Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
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

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?

International Standard Version

"Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Doth the hawk
נץ 
Nets 
Usage: 4

fly
H82
אבר 
'abar 
fly
Usage: 1

by thy wisdom
בּינה 
Biynah 
Usage: 38

כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Birds Of Prey

25 “As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.
26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
27 “Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high?



Cross References

Leviticus 16:11

“Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

Deuteronomy 14:15

and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,

Song of Songs 2:12

‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

Jeremiah 8:7

“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons;
And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.

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