Job 39:16
Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
15Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
17Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
Lamentations 4:3Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
Romans 1:31Which men, though they knew ye Lawe of God, how that they which comit such things are worthie of death, yet not onely do the same, but also fauour them that doe them.
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 →