Job 39:14
[No,] for she intrusteth her eggs to the earth, and letteth them be hatched out on the dust:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully: hath she the pinions and plumage of the careful stork?
15And she forgetteth that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may stamp them down.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth away from her nest, so is a man that wandereth away from 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 →