1 Of the wild goats and hinds
5 Of the wild ass
9 The unicorn
13 The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19 The horse
26 The hawk
27 The eagle

the wild 1Sa 24:2 Ps 104:18

when Ps 29:9 Jer 14:5

2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Jer 2:24

3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

the wild 6:5 11:12 24:5 Ge 16:12 Ps 104:11 Isa 32:14 Jer 2:24 14:6 Da 5:21 Ho 8:9

who hath loosed Ge 49:14

6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

barren land. Heb. salt places De 29:23 Ps 107:34 Jer 17:6 Eze 47:11

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

scorneth 18 3:18 Isa 31:4

driver. Heb. exactor Ex 5:13-16,18 Isa 58:3

8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

40:15,20-22 Ge 1:29,30 Ps 104:27,28 145:15,16

9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

the Nu 23:22 De 33:17 Ps 22:21 92:10

or Isa 1:3

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

5,7 1:14 41:5 Ps 129:3 Ho 10:10,11 Mic 1:13

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

trust Ps 20:7 33:16,17 147:10 Isa 30:16 31:1-3

leave Ge 1:26,28 9:2 42:26 Ps 144:14 Pr 14:4 Isa 30:6 46:1

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

he Ne 13:15 Am 2:13

gather Pr 3:16 Hag 2:19 Mt 3:2 13:30

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

peacocks 1Ki 10:22 2Ch 9:21

wings and feathers unto the. or, the feathers of the stork and 30:29 *marg: Le 11:19 Ps 104:17 Jer 8:7 Zec 5:9

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

hardened La 4:3

as De 28:56,57 1Ki 3:26,27 2Ki 6:28,29 La 2:20 Ro 1:31

her labour Ec 10:15 Hab 2:13

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

17:4 35:11 De 2:30 2Ch 32:31 Isa 19:11-14 57:17 Jas 1:17

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

7,22 5:22 41:29 2Ki 19:21

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

the horse Ex 15:1 Ps 147:10

clothed Ps 93:1 104:1

thunder 25 Mr 3:17

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

the glory 41:20,21 Jer 8:16

terrible. Heb. terrors

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

He paweth. or, His feet dig Jud 5:22

and 1Sa 17:4-10,42 Ps 19:5 Jer 9:23

he goeth Pr 21:31 Jer 8:6

armed men. Heb. armour

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

16,18 41:33

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

41:26-29

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

He swalloweth 37:20 Hab 1:8,9

neither 9:16 29:24 Lu 24:41

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Ha, ha Ps 70:3 Eze 26:2 36:2

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

the hawk (Netz, Arabic naz, Latin nisus, the hawk, so called from natzah, to shoot away, fly, because of the rapidity of its flight. It probably comprehends various species of the falcon family, as the ger-falcon, goshawk, and sparrowhawk.) Le 16:11 De 14:15

stretch (Is it through thy teaching that the falcon, or any other bird of passage, knows the precise time for taking flight, and the direction in which she is to go to arrive at a warmer climate?) So 2:12 Jer 8:7

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

the eagle Ex 19:4 Le 11:13 Ps 103:5 Pr 23:5 Isa 40:31 Ho 8:1

at thy command. Heb. by thy mouth. make Jer 49:16 Ob 1:4

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

upon 1Sa 14:4

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

she 9:26

her (The eagle is proverbial for her strong and clear sight.)

30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

where Eze 39:17-19 Mt 24:28 Lu 17:37