Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: New King James Version As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings, New American Standard Bible “As an eagle stirs up its nest, And hovers over its young, He spread His wings, He caught them, He carried them on His pinions. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible “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. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version The LORD was like an eagle teaching its young to fly, always ready to swoop down and catch them on its back. English Revised Version 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: GOD'S WORD® Translation Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its feathers, Good News Translation Like an eagle teaching its young to fly, catching them safely on its spreading wings, the LORD kept Israel from falling. International Standard Version Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions, Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAs an eagle wakes up its nest, "" Flutters over its young ones, "" Spreads its wings [and] takes them, "" Carries them on its pinions— Young's Literal Translation As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; -- Smith's Literal Translation 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: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs 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. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. New American Bible As an eagle incites its nestlings, hovering over its young, So he spread his wings, took them, bore them upon his pinions. New Revised Standard Version 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, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs an eagle encircles his nest, fluttering over his young, spreading out its wings, taking them, bearing them on the strength of his wings; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, Hovereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her pinions-- Brenton Septuagint Translation 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: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Song of Moses…10He 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. 11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions. 12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.… Cross References Isaiah 40:31 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. Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. Isaiah 31:5 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.” Matthew 23:37 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! Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings Isaiah 63:9 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. Revelation 12:14 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. Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! Isaiah 46:4 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. Luke 13:34 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! Psalm 57:1 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. Isaiah 49:22-23 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.” 1 Thessalonians 2:7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children. Treasury of Scripture As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings: Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Isaiah 31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Jump to Previous Abroad Bare Beareth Bearing Bore Carried Carries Catch Catching Caught Eagle Nest Ones Outstretched Pinions Spread Spreadeth Spreading Spreads Stirreth Stirs Strong Teaching Waketh Wings YoungJump to Next Abroad Bare Beareth Bearing Bore Carried Carries Catch Catching Caught Eagle Nest Ones Outstretched Pinions Spread Spreadeth Spreading Spreads Stirreth Stirs Strong Teaching Waketh Wings YoungDeuteronomy 32 1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance46. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it 48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die As an eagle The eagle is a powerful symbol in the Bible, often representing strength, freedom, and divine protection. 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. stirs up its nest and hovers over its young He spreads His wings to catch them and carries them on His pinions Over her young she broodeth, She spreadeth out her wings, she taketh up each one of them, She beareth him on her pinions: Jehovah alone leadeth him, And a stranger-god is not with Him." 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 Job 39:27-30. 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, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not" (Luke 13:34). . . . Verse 11. - God's treatment of his people is compared to that of an eagle towards its young (cf. Exodus 19:4). 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: As an eagle which stirreth up its nest, fluttereth over its young, he spread out his wings, took him up, and carried him on his pinions. The Lord alone did lead him, 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 compared to that of an eagle towards her young, it is less fit to speak of God himself as if he were 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," i.e. each of them; or, if the nest be understood, the whole body of them as therein contained. Stirreth up her [its] nest i.e. its nestlings; provocans ad volandum pullos suos, Vulgate. 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 הֵעִיר, as the Hiph. of עוּר, 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. Fluttereth over her young; rather, broods over, nestles, or cherishes (יְרַחֵפ). Spreadeth abroad her wings, 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" (Acts 13:18), disciplined them, and trained them for what they were appointed to do.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As an eagleכְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ (kə·ne·šer) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5404: The eagle stirs up יָעִ֣יר (yā·‘îr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake its nest קִנּ֔וֹ (qin·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling and hovers יְרַחֵ֑ף (yə·ra·ḥêp̄) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7363: To brood, to be relaxed over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against its young, גּוֹזָלָ֖יו (gō·w·zā·lāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1469: Young birds He spread יִפְרֹ֤שׂ (yip̄·rōś) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse His wings כְּנָפָיו֙ (kə·nā·p̄āw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle to catch them; יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ (yiq·qā·ḥê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take He carried them יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ (yiś·śā·’ê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against His pinions. אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ (’eḇ·rā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 84: A pinion Links Deuteronomy 32:11 NIVDeuteronomy 32:11 NLT Deuteronomy 32:11 ESV Deuteronomy 32:11 NASB Deuteronomy 32:11 KJV Deuteronomy 32:11 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 32:11 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 32:11 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 32:11 French Bible Deuteronomy 32:11 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle that stirs up her (Deut. 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