Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) by Daves BirdingPix

The other day while I was filling my gas tank, I looked up and spotted a Hawk flying overhead. He (or she) kept flying back and forth slowly. I have no clue as to what kind of hawk it was, but wondered which verses mentions the hawk? We have written about hawks many times here on the blog, and know it is one of the Birds of the Bible.

Job 39:26 is a great verse that asks a very thought-provoking question.

“Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?” (KJV)

I have Bible Gateway loaded on my computer and brought up that verse and asked to show all the various Bible versions. Looking through the various ways of asking or questioning God about His hawks was interesting. As I read through the various versions, it makes us realize how little we know about The Creator’s Wisdom.

Raptor Bird of Prey, Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk profile, William Wise

Here are some of those questions:

AMP

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,

CSB

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding

CEB

Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies,

CEV

Did you teach hawks to fly south for the winter?

EASY

Was it your wisdom, Job, that taught hawks how to fly? No! You could not teach them to fly towards the south in winter.

GNT

Does a hawk learn from you how to fly when it spreads its wings toward the south?

Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) ©WikiC

MSG

“Was it through your know-how that the hawk learned to fly, soaring effortlessly on thermal updrafts? Did you command the eagle’s flight, and teach her to build her nest in the heights, Perfectly at home on the high cliff face, invulnerable on pinnacle and crag? From her perch she searches for prey, spies it at a great distance. Her young gorge themselves on carrion; wherever there’s a roadkill, you’ll see her circling.”

WYC

“Whether an hawk spreading abroad his wings to the south, beginneth to have feathers by thy wisdom? (Be it by thy wisdom that a hawk haveth feathers, and spreadeth his wings towards the south?)”

I’m very thankful that the Lord instructs the Hawks do spread their wings and come down here to Florida!! Especially in the winter!!

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