Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
New American Standard Bible
With the pinion and plumage of
King James Version
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Holman Bible
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
International Standard Version
"The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork?
A Conservative Version
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
American Standard Version
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Amplified
“The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously;
With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,
Darby Translation
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
Julia Smith Translation
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.
King James 2000
Gave you the proud wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?
Modern King James verseion
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich?
NET Bible
"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
New Heart English Bible
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
The Emphasized Bible
The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?
Webster
Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
World English Bible
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Youngs Literal Translation
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ostrich
12 Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor? 13 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers, 14 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19
The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
Job 30:29
I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
Psalm 104:17
Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.
Jeremiah 8:7
Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.
Zechariah 5:9
And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.