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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“As an eagle stirs up its nest, <i>And</i> hovers over its young, He spread His wings, He caught them, He carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them; He carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He watches over his nest like an eagle and hovers over his young; he spreads his wings, catches him, and carries him on his feathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He watches over His nest like an eagle and hovers over His young; He spreads His wings, catches him, and lifts him up on His pinions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD was like an eagle teaching its young to fly, always ready to swoop down and catch them on its back. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its feathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Like an eagle teaching its young to fly, catching them safely on its spreading wings, the LORD kept Israel from falling. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the LORD spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As an eagle wakes up its nest, "" Flutters over its young ones, "" Spreads its wings [and] takes them, "" Carries them on its pinions—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As the eagle he will arouse his young brood, He will brood over his young birds; He will spread out his wings, and will take them; He will lift them up upon his wings:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As the eagle enticing her young to fly, and hovering over them, he spread his wings, and hath taken him and carried him on his shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />just as an eagle encourages its young to fly, and, flying above them, stretches out its wings, and takes them up, and carries them on its shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle incites its nestlings, hovering over its young, So he spread his wings, took them, bore them upon his pinions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wings, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As an eagle encircles his nest, fluttering over his young, spreading out its wings, taking them, bearing them on the strength of his wings;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As the eagle that flies over his nest and broods over his chicks, he spreads his wings and takes them and picks them up on the strength of his wings:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, Hovereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her pinions--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />As an eagle would watch over his brood, and yearns over his young, receives them having spread his wings, and takes them up on his back:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/32-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=9041" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">The Song of Moses</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5404.htm" title="5404: kə·ne·šer (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- An eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle.">As an eagle</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: yā·‘îr (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">stirs up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7064.htm" title="7064: qin·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A nest. Contracted from qanan; a nest, sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.">its nest</a> <a href="/hebrew/7363.htm" title="7363: yə·ra·ḥêp̄ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To brood, to be relaxed. A primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed.">and hovers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/1469.htm" title="1469: gō·w·zā·lāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Young birds. Or gozal; from gazal; a nestling.">its young,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6566.htm" title="6566: yip̄·rōś (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To spread out, spread. A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.">He spread</a> <a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="3671: kə·nā·p̄āw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Wing, extremity. From kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle.">His wings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qā·ḥê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to catch them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·śā·’ê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and carried them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/84.htm" title="84: ’eḇ·rā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A pinion. Feminine of 'eber.">His pinions.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></span><br />But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4</a></span><br />‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Psalm 91:4</a></span><br />He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Isaiah 31:5</a></span><br />Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Hosea 11:4</a></span><br />I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm">Psalm 17:8</a></span><br />Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-14.htm">Revelation 12:14</a></span><br />But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-7.htm">Psalm 36:7</a></span><br />How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-4.htm">Isaiah 46:4</a></span><br />Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm">Psalm 57:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Isaiah 49:22-23</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. / Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:7</a></span><br />On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4</a></b></br> Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and <i>how</i> I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Isaiah 31:5</a></b></br> As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver <i>it; and</i> passing over he will preserve <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></b></br> But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew <i>their</i> strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; <i>and</i> they shall walk, and not faint.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Carries</a> <a href="/exodus/22-6.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Catching</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-6.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-8.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Pinions</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-17.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/luke/23-5.htm">Stirreth</a> <a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-23.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Wings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/12-9.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/judges/11-2.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/joshua/3-3.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-21.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/job/21-18.htm">Carries</a> <a href="/joshua/2-5.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-33.htm">Catching</a> <a href="/joshua/8-22.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/job/9-26.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/job/29-18.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-2.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/job/39-13.htm">Pinions</a> <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/judges/15-9.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/job/26-7.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/job/17-8.htm">Stirreth</a> <a href="/job/17-8.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-27.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-18.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/job/8-6.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/ruth/2-12.htm">Wings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-48.htm">God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Hebrew, the word for eagle is "nesher," which is known for its keen eyesight and ability to soar to great heights. The imagery of an eagle is used here to convey God's majestic and sovereign nature. Just as an eagle is a master of the skies, God is supreme over all creation, watching over His people with unmatched vigilance and care.<p><b>stirs up its nest</b><br />The phrase "stirs up its nest" suggests a process of awakening or arousing. In the natural world, an eagle stirs its nest to encourage its young to prepare for flight. This can be seen as a metaphor for God's way of preparing His people for growth and maturity. The stirring is not meant to harm but to challenge and strengthen, pushing the young to develop their own wings. Spiritually, this can be understood as God's way of moving His people out of complacency and into a deeper reliance on Him.<p><b>and hovers over its young</b><br />The image of hovering implies a protective and nurturing presence. The Hebrew word "rachaph" is used here, which can mean to brood or flutter. This suggests a close, attentive care, much like a parent watching over their child. In the context of God's relationship with Israel, it reflects His constant vigilance and readiness to intervene. It is a reminder of God's intimate involvement in the lives of His people, always near and ready to support.<p><b>He spreads His wings to catch them</b><br />This phrase illustrates God's readiness to support and rescue. The act of spreading wings to catch the young signifies a proactive and loving intervention. In times of trial or danger, God is depicted as being ready to catch His people, preventing them from falling. This is a powerful assurance of divine support and protection, emphasizing that God does not abandon His people in their time of need.<p><b>and carries them on His pinions</b><br />The term "pinions" refers to the outer part of a bird's wing, which provides the strength needed for flight. To be carried on God's pinions is to be borne by His strength and power. This imagery conveys the idea of being lifted and sustained by God's might. Historically, this can be seen in how God delivered Israel from Egypt and sustained them through the wilderness. It is a testament to God's enduring faithfulness and His ability to uphold His people through every trial.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11, 12) "As an eagle awakeneth her nest,<p>Over her young she broodeth,<p>She spreadeth out her wings, she taketh up<p>each one of them,<p>She beareth him on her pinions:<p>Jehovah alone leadeth him,<p>And a stranger-god is not with Him."<p>The eagle in Hebrew is masculine. He is one of the creatures that is honoured with a description by the lips of Jehovah Himself in <a href="/context/job/39-27.htm" title="Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?">Job 39:27-30</a>. But beautiful as the simile and the description in these places are, they are surpassed in gentleness by our Saviour when He says, "How often would I have gathered thy children together, <span class= "ital">as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, </span>and ye would not" (<a href="/luke/13-34.htm" title="O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that are sent to you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not!">Luke 13:34</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - God's treatment of his people is compared to that of an eagle towards its young (cf. <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4</a>). In the Authorized Version, the apodosis of the sentence is made to begin at ver. 12, and ver. 11 is wholly understood of the eagle and its young. To this arrangement it has been objected that it overlooks the fact that the suffixes to the verbs "taketh" and "beareth" are singulars, and are to be understood consequently, not of the eaglets, but of Israel. It has, therefore, been proposed to render the passage thus: <span class="accented">As an eagle which stirreth up its nest</span>, <span class="accented">fluttereth over its young</span>, <span class="accented">he spread out his wings</span>, <span class="accented">took him up</span>, <span class="accented">and carried him on his pinions</span>. <span class="accented">The Lord alone did lead him</span>, etc. The comparison is thus made to pass into a metaphorical representation of the Lord's dealing with Israel. One feels that there is something violent in this, for whilst God's care for Israel might be fittingly <span class="accented">compared to</span> that of an eagle towards her young, it is less fit to speak of God himself as if he <span class="accented">were</span> an eagle with wings which he spread abroad and on which he bare Israel. The rendering in the Authorized Version is on this account to be preferred, if it can be grammatically vindicated. And this it may on the ground that the suffixes may be understood of the "nest" as containing the young ("continens pro contento," a common rhetorical trope in Scripture; see Glass., 'Philippians Sac.,' p. 686; cf. Virgil, 'AEneid,' 12:475, "nidisque loquacibus escam"); or the young may be referred to individually, "taketh it, beareth it," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. each of them; or, if the nest be understood, the whole body of them as therein contained. <span class="cmt_word">Stirreth up her</span> [its] <span class="cmt_word">nest</span> <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. its nestlings; <span class="accented">provocans ad</span> <span class="accented">volandum pullos suos</span>, <span class="accented">Vulgate</span>. This is the explanation usually given of the initial clause of this verse; but its accuracy has been questioned, Furst would render the verb by "watchesover; "but though <span class="hebrew">הֵעִיר</span>, as the Hiph. of <span class="hebrew">עוּר</span>, to watch, may have this meaning, it is undoubtedly used generally in the sense of rousing, exciting, stirring up. Knobel retains this meaning, but understands the clause of the exciting of the nestlings by the parent bird coming to them with food. This is certainly more in keeping with what follows; for when the eagle nestles or broods over her young, she does not excite them to fly. <span class="cmt_word">Fluttereth over her young</span>; rather, <span class="accented">broods over</span>, <span class="accented">nestles</span>, or <span class="accented">cherishes</span> (<span class="hebrew">יְרַחֵפ</span>). <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Spreadeth abroad her wings,</span> etc. "I once saw a very interesting sight above one of the crags of Ben Nevis, as I was going in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of a mountain, in the eye of the sun; - it was about midday, and bright for this climate. They at first made small circles, and the young imitated them; they paused on their wings, waiting till they had made their first flight, holding them on their expanded wings when they appeared exhausted, and then took a second and larger gyration, always rising towards the sun, and enlarging their circle of flight, so as to make a gradually ascending spiral" (Davy, 'Salinertia;' see also Bochart, 'Hierozoicon,' 2:181). The general reference is to God's fostering care of Israel, and especially his dealing with them when "he suffered their manners in the wilderness" (<a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18</a>), disciplined them, and trained them for what they were appointed to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/32-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As an eagle</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ne·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5404.htm">Strong's 5404: </a> </span><span class="str2">The eagle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stirs up</span><br /><span class="heb">יָעִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its nest</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(qin·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7064.htm">Strong's 7064: </a> </span><span class="str2">A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hovers</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרַחֵ֑ף</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ra·ḥêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7363.htm">Strong's 7363: </a> </span><span class="str2">To brood, to be relaxed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its young,</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹזָלָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·zā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1469.htm">Strong's 1469: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young birds</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He spread</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְרֹ֤שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(yip̄·rōś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6566.htm">Strong's 6566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break apart, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His wings</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנָפָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(kə·nā·p̄āw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> </span><span class="str2">An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to catch them;</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He carried them</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·śā·’ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His pinions.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’eḇ·rā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - 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