11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
Most Relevant Verses
Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, and the hawk according to his species;
and the owl and the night hawk and the cuckow and the hawk after his kind
Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Who leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in dust and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them.read more.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, not fearing that her labour is in vain, because God caused her to forget wisdom and did not give her understanding. In her time she lifts up herself on high; she scorns the horse and his rider.
Gimel Even the sea monsters draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert to give drink to my people, my chosen.
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons and a court for young owls.
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall no longer be inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Gimel Even the sea monsters draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Gimel Even the sea monsters draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
And these ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they shall be an abomination: the eagle, the ossifrage, the ospray,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, not fearing that her labour is in vain,
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
because God caused her to forget wisdom and did not give her understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
In her time she lifts up herself on high; she scorns the horse and his rider.
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall no longer be inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, and the hawk according to his species;
and the owl and the night hawk and the cuckow and the hawk after his kind
Ostriches » The cry of
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.
