Job 39:13

The feather of an ostrich is like the feathers of a gyrfalcon, and of an hawk;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Whether thou shalt believe to him, that he shall yield seed to thee, and shall gather (it) together (for) thy cornfloor? (Shalt thou trust him, that he shall bring in thy seed to thee, and shall gather it unto thy threshing floor?)

14the which ostrich forsaketh his eggs in the earth, in hap thou shalt make those hot in the dust. (who forsaketh his eggs in the earth, and warmeth them under the sand.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:22For the ship (s) of the king went once by three years with the ship (s) of Hiram into Tharshish, and brought (back) from thence gold, and silver, and teeth of elephants, and apes, and peacocks.

Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and the fellow of ostriches.

Jeremiah 8:7A kite in the air knew his time; a turtle, and a swallow, and a ciconia, kept the time of their coming; but my people knew not the doom of the Lord, (A kite in the air knew its time; a turtledove, and a swallow, and a stork, kept the time of their coming back, or of their return; but my people did not know the judgement of the Lord or did not know the justice, or the laws, of the Lord,)

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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