Job 39:13
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, 1 but are they the pinions and plumage of love? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
In Context
12Will you depend on him to bring your grain home, 1 to gather the grain for your threshing floor? 1
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, 1 and she lets them keep warm in the dust; 1
Cross References
1 Kings 10:22The king had at sea a fleet of oceangoing ships, along with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet brought gold, silver, and ivory, as well as apes and baboons.
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, 1 a companion of ostriches. 1
Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in heaven knows the right times; and the doves, swifts, and cranes. 1 They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees. 1
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 →