Job 39:14
כִּֽי ־ תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל ־ עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13כְּנַף ־ רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם ־ אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה ׃
15וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי ־ רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן ־ קִנָּהּ כֵּֽן ־ אִישׁ נוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ ׃
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 →