Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job 39:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in dust, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground and warms them in the dust, American Standard Version (1901) For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, Common English Bible She leaves her eggs on the earth, lets them warm in the dust, Catholic Public Domain Version When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust. |
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.