Job 39:28
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She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.

upon

1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were between the ascents, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the Philistines, rocks standing up on both sides, and steep cliffs like teeth on the one side, and on the other, the name of the one was Boses, and the name of the other was Sene:

Context
God Speaks of His Creation
27Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places? 28She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.29From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.…
Cross References
Job 39:27
Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?

Job 39:29
From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Lexicon
He dwells
יִ֭שְׁכֹּן (yiš·kōn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

on a cliff
סֶ֣לַע (se·la‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock

and lodges there;
וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ן (wə·yiṯ·lō·nān)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

his stronghold
וּמְצוּדָֽה׃ (ū·mə·ṣū·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4686: A net, capture, a fastness

is on
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a rocky
סֶ֝֗לַע (se·la‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock

crag.
שֶׁן־ (šen-)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff


Additional Translations
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.She dwells and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?

He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

She dwelleth on the rock, and hath her lodging there, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong hold.

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

On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
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