Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
All Commentaries on Job 39:26 Go To Job 39
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Feathered. Hebrew, "fly. "(Haydock)
South, at the approach of "winter retiring "to warmer regions. (Pliny x. 8.)
Septuagint, "spreading her wings, looking unmoved, towards the south. "The hawk alone can stare at the sun, and fly to a great height. (Ælian x. 14.)
Hence the Egyptians consecrated this bird to the sun. (Calmet)
The eagle is of the same species, and has the same properties. (Haydock) Aristotle mentions 10, and Pliny 16 species of hawks. (Worthington)