26
“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 26. Feathered. Hebrew “fly.” Bible.—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. Bible. Aristotle mentions 10, and Pliny 16 species of hawks. Worthington.
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