Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,

King James Version

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Holman Bible

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
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,

Bible in Basic English

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Gavest thou the goodly
רנן 
Renen 
Usage: 1

כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

עלס 
`alac 
Usage: 3

or wings
H84
אברה 
'ebrah 
Usage: 4

and feathers
חסידה 
Chaciydah 
Usage: 6

References

Context Readings

The Ostrich

12 Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? 13 “The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,

Cross References

Leviticus 11:19

the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

1 Kings 10:22

For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Job 30:29

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.

Psalm 104:17

In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.

Zechariah 5:9

Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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