Job 39:14

Job 39:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
• New International Version (NIV)She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;

Context of Job 39:14

12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor? 13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage? For 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. 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

Job 39:14 word by word

כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹ֣ב לָאָ֣רֶץ בֵּצֶ֑יהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָ֥ר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• eggsבֵּיצָהbêytsâh · eggH1000
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083

Commentaries on Job 39:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth - This want of parental affection in the ostrich is almost universally acknowledged. Mr. Jackson, in his Account of Morocco, observes: "The ostrich, having laid her eggs, goes away, forgetting or forsaking them: and if some other ostrich discover them, she hatches them as if they were her own, forgetting probably whether they are or are not; so deficient is the recollection of this bird." This illustrates Job 39:15…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth - That is, she does not build a nest, as most birds do, but deposits her eggs in the sand. The ostrich, Dr. Shaw remarks, lays usually from thirty to fifty eggs. The eggs are very large, some of them being above five inches in diameter, and weighing fifteen pounds - Goldsmith. “We are not to consider,” says Dr. Shaw, “this large collection of eggs as if they were all intended for a brood. They are the greatest part of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The ostrich symbolizes neglect for her young because she (Lamentations 4:3): Leaves her eggs on the ground. Seems to abandon her eggs when a predator comes near. She is probably trying to distract the predator from the nest. Lays her eggs with other female ostrich in a shared nest, so many eggs are not her own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Yet (unlike the stork) she "leaveth," &c. Hence called by the Arabs "the impious bird." However, the fact is, she lays her eggs with great care and hatches them, as other birds do; but in hot countries the eggs do not need so constant incubation; she therefore often leaves them and sometimes forgets the place on her return. Moreover, the outer eggs, intended for food, she feeds to her young; these eggs, lying separate in the sand, exposed to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:14

• Birds
• God
• Ostriches

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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