From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
All Commentaries on Job 39:29 Go To Job 39
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Off. The eagle was remarkably (Calmet) quick-sighted, (Worthington) as well as the serpent. (Horace i. Sat. iii.; Homer, Iliad xvii.)
They say it can discern a fly or a fish from the highest situation; (Bo chart) and if its young seem dazzled with the sun-beams, it hurls them down as spurious. (Pliny x. 3.)