Job 39:13-18

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The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?^(a)^(A)

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She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.

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She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.

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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

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For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.^(B)

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When she proudly^(b) spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

a. Job 39:13: Hb obscure

b. Job 39:18: Hb obscure

A. Job 39:13: Psalm 104:17; Jeremiah 8:7

B. Job 39:17: Job 35:11; Job 38:36