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Job 39:13

CreationGod's power and sovereignty

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

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.

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BSB
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
KJV
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
WEB
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
ASV
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
DARBY
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
BLB
The wings of the ostrich rejoice, but [are] not the pinions of a stork and its feathers.
ÅB
Strutsen flakser lystig med vingene; men viser dens vinger og fjær morskjærlighet?
OTB
«Strutsens vinger vifter gledelig,
Med vingefjær og fjær av hengivenhet,
B1930
Strutsen flakser lystig med vingene; men viser dens vinger og fjær moderkjærlighet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 8:7

    Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 5:9

    Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:21

    For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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  • Psalms 104:17

    Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

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  • Leviticus 11:19

    And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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  • Job 30:29

    I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

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  • 1 Kings 10:22

    For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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