Job 39:16
\39:13\Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
15\39:12\Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?
17\39:14\That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
Lamentations 4:3Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.
Romans 1:31Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
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 →