Job 39:13

The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

In Context

12Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather?

14For she leaveth—to the earth—her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:22For, a fleet of Tarshish, had the king, at sea, with the fleet of Hiram,—once in three years, came in the fleet of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.

Job 30:29A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:

Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, And the turtle and the swallow and the crane, observe the season for coming; But my people know not the just sentence of Yahweh.

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 →

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