Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich?
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.
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 Mayest thou believe him, that he will bring home thy corn, or to carry anything unto thy barn? 13 "Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich? 14 For she leaveth her eggs upon the ground, and heateth them in the dust.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19
the heron, the jay with the kind, the lapwing and the swallow.
1 Kings 10:22
For the sea ships which the king had in the sea, with the ships of Hiram, came every third year laden with 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. And the ships of Tarshish brought gold, silver, the teeth of elephants, apes and peacocks.
Job 30:29
But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches.
Psalm 104:17
wherein the birds make their nests; and the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork.
Jeremiah 8:7
The Stork knoweth her appointed time; the Turtledove, the Swallow and the Crane consider the time of their travail: but my people will not know the time of the punishment of the LORD.
Zechariah 5:9
Then lift I up mine 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 lift up the measure betwixt the earth and the heaven.