11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
Most Relevant Verses
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich?
the ostrich, the nightcrow, the cuckoo, the sparrowhawk and all her kind,
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich? For she leaveth her eggs upon the ground, and heateth them in the dust. She remembereth not that they might be trodden with feet or broken with some wild beast.read more.
So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear. And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding. When her time is, she flyeth up on high, and careth neither for horse nor man.
{Gimel} The Dragons give their young ones suck with bare breasts: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wilderness like the Ostriches.
Wherefore I will mourn and make lamentation, bare and naked will I go: I must mourn like the dragons, and take sorrow as the ostriches:
The wild beasts shall worship me: the dragon, and the Ostrich. For I shall give water in the wilderness, and streams in the desert: that I may give drink to my people, whom I choose.
but wild beasts shall lie there, and the houses shall be full of great owls. Ostriches shall dwell there, and apes shall dance there:
Thorns shall grow in their palaces, nettles and thistles in their strongholds; that the dragons may have their pleasure therein, and that they may be a court for Ostriches.
Therefore shall wild beasts, Apes, and Ostriches dwell therein: for there shall never man dwell there, neither shall any man have his habitation there for evermore.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich?
{Gimel} The Dragons give their young ones suck with bare breasts: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wilderness like the Ostriches.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
{Gimel} The Dragons give their young ones suck with bare breasts: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wilderness like the Ostriches.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
These are the fowls which ye shall abhor and which shall not be eaten, for they are an abomination: The eagle, the goshawk, the cormorant, the kite,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear.
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
She remembereth not that they might be trodden with feet or broken with some wild beast.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, 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,"
Wherefore I will mourn and make lamentation, bare and naked will I go: I must mourn like the dragons, and take sorrow as the ostriches:
Therefore shall wild beasts, Apes, and Ostriches dwell therein: for there shall never man dwell there, neither shall any man have his habitation there for evermore.
the ostrich, the nightcrow, the cuckoo, the sparrowhawk and all her kind,
Ostriches » The cry of
Wherefore I will mourn and make lamentation, bare and naked will I go: I must mourn like the dragons, and take sorrow as the ostriches:
