Job 39:14
the 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.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
In Context
13The feather of an ostrich is like the feathers of a gyrfalcon, and of an hawk;
15He forgetteth, that a foot treadeth those eggs, either that a beast of the field all-breaketh them.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8As a bird passing over from his nest, so is a man that forsaketh his place. (Like a bird passing over its own nest, is a man who is far from his own home.)
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 →