11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
Most Relevant Verses
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage? For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.read more.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding. What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
The beast of the field shall glorify me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I will give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the waste, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.
Therefore wild beasts of the desert with jackals shall dwell there, and ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
Therefore wild beasts of the desert with jackals shall dwell there, and ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
Ostriches » The cry of
For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
