Top Bible Verses That Talk About Eagles

Eagles are mentioned many times in the Bible to reinforce images in scripture. But what do eagles mean in the Bible, and why are they used so often?

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By Daniel Goodman

Updated July 9, 2024.

The sight of an eagle rising in flight is so powerful that the image is used often in the Bible. Their characteristics are used as symbols to strengthen ideas expressed in the Bible.

What Does the Eagle Symbolise in the Bible?



There are several different eagle symbols in the bible that all represent different things, and they are:

  • Soaring eagles Bible verses about eagles soaring often symbolize the resurrection of Christ. Rising up on eagles' wings is an image used to show strength and the loving-kindness of God who lifts and carries us.
  • God as an Eagle God lifts man up spiritually. Just as eagles gather their young, God gathered the Israelites and brought them out of Egypt.
  • Revenge Sometimes, eagles can represent the enemy swooping down to take revenge.


Top Bible Verses About Eagles

  • Exodus 19:4 "You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself."
  • Deut 32:11 "Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions."
  • Psalms 103:5 "Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."
  • Isaiah 40:31 "...those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles..."
  • Deut 28:49 "The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down..."
  • Ezekiel 1:10 "Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle." The face of an eagle in the Bible is one of the four living creatures or angelic beings.