Job 39:14
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, || And she warms them on the dust,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13[The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
15And she forgets that a foot may press it, || And a beast of the field treads it down.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8As a bird wandering from her nest, || So [is] a man wandering 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 →