Job 39:14
\39:11\Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13\39:10\Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
15\39:12\Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:14-19
Description of the Peacock and Ostrich. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 18 What time she… Read the whole commentary →