Job 39:13
The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully; But is it with loving pinion and feathers?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
In Context
12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy grain, And gather in thy harvest?
14Nay, she layeth her eggs on the ground; She warmeth them in the dust,
Cross References
Job 30:29I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her times, And the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the season of their coming, But my people regard not the laws of Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5… Read the whole commentary →