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25 At a trumpet’s sound, he says, “Aha!”
    smells the battle from afar,
        hears[a] officers’ shouting and the battle cry.

Hawk and eagle

26 Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies,
    spreading its wings to the south?
27 Or at your command does the eagle soar,
    the vulture build a nest on high?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:25 Heb lacks hears.

25 At the blast of the trumpet(A) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
    It catches the scent of battle from afar,
    the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(B)

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
    and spread its wings toward the south?(C)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?(D)

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