“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Job 39:14 - Revised Standard Version For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground, 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. |
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that the wild beast may trample them.
Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.
Then it becomes fuel for a man; he takes a part of it and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and worships it, he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.
Even the jackals give the breast and suckle their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.