Parallel Verses
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,
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
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ostrich
12
Wilt thou trust him, that he will bring home thy seed and gather it into thy barn?
13
With the pinion and plumage of
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19
the stork, the heron according to her species, the lapwing, and the bat.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the slaves of Hiram, and every three years the ships came from Tarshish bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Job 30:29
I have become a brother to dragons and a companion to owls.
Psalm 104:17
that the birds may make their nests there: the stork makes her house among the fir trees.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heaven knows her appointed time; and the turtle dove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people did not know the judgment of the LORD.
Zechariah 5:9
Then I lifted up my 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 heavens.