Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Job 39:29
Her eyes behold afar off - The eagle was proverbial for her strong and clear sight. So Horace, lib. i., sat. iii., ver. 25: -
Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis,
Cur in amicorum vitas tam cernis acutum,
Quam aut aquila, aut serpens Epidaurius ?
"For wherefore while you carelessly pass by
Your own worst vices with unheeding eye,
Why so sharp-sighted in another' s fame,
Strong as an eagle' s ken, or dragon' s beam?"
Francis.
So Aelian, lib. i., cap. 42. And Homer, Iliad xvii., calls the eagle ̔ , "The most quick-sighted of all fowls under heaven."
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