Job 39:14
When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
15She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
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 →