Job 39:13

Job 39:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
• New International Version (NIV)“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

Context of Job 39:13

11Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor? The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage? 14For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

Job 39:13 word by word

כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• wingכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• pinionאֶבְרָה'ebrâh · pinionH84
• plumageנוֹצָהnôtsâh nôtsâh · plumageH5133

Cross-references for Job 39:13

• 1 Kings 10:22For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• 2 Chronicles 9:21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once in three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• Job 30:29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
• Leviticus 11:19and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• Psalms 104:17Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.
• Jeremiah 8:7Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
• Zechariah 5:9And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

Commentaries on Job 39:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The goodly wings unto the peacocks? - I believe peacocks are not intended here; and the Hebrew word רננים renanim should be translated ostriches; and the term חסידה chasidah, which we translate ostrich, should be, as it is elsewhere translated, stork; and perhaps the word נצה notsah, rendered here feathers, should be translated hawk, or pelican. The Vulgate has, Penna struthionis similis est pennis herodii et accipitris; "the feather of the ostrich is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? - In the previous verses the appeal had been to the wild and untamable animals of the desert. In the prosecution of the argument, it was natural to allude to the feathered tribes which resided there also, and which were distinguished for their strength or fleetness of wing, as proof of the wisdom and the superintending providence of God. The idea is, that these animals, far away from the abodes of man, where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18In the ancient Near East, people believed the ostrich was a bird that God had not given wisdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Rather, "the wing of the ostrich hen"--literally, "the crying bird"; as the Arab name for it means "song"; referring to its night cries (Job 30:29; Mi 1:8) vibrating joyously. "Is it not like the quill and feathers of the pious bird" (the stork)? [Umbreit]. The vibrating, quivering wing, serving for sail and oar at once, is characteristic of the ostrich in full course. Its white and black feathers in the wing and tail are like the stork's. But, unlike…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:13

• Birds
• God
• Ostriches
• Peacock

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Ostrich
• Paw
• Peacock
• Stork
• Wisdom
• Eagle

Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings