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Job 39:13
13When an ostrich is happy, it waves its wings. But it cannot use its wings to fly, as a stork can do.
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
11A wild ox is very strong. But you cannot trust it to help you with your difficult work. 12It will not help you to bring in your harvest of grain. It will not take the grain to your threshing floor. When an ostrich is happy, it waves its wings. But it cannot use its wings to fly, as a stork can do. 14A mother ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground. She lets the sand cause them to be warm. 15She does not realize that people or wild animals might break the eggs with their feet.
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כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:13
- 1 Kings 10:22The king had many large ships that could sail across the seas. They sailed with King Hiram's ships. Every three years they returned to Solomon with their loads. They brought to him gold, silver and ivory. They also brought apes and monkeys.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21The king had many large ships that King Hiram's men could sail across the seas. Every three years they returned to Solomon with their loads. They brought to him gold, silver and ivory. They also brought apes and monkeys.
- Job 30:29I have become like the jackals and the ostriches. My sad voice sounds like them.
- Leviticus 11:19They must not eat the heron, the hoopoe or the bat. The people must not eat them nor touch their dead bodies. They are not clean.
- Psalms 104:17The birds make their nests there. Storks live there in the fir trees.
- Jeremiah 8:7Even birds know when it is time for them to move to a different place. That is true for storks, doves, swallows and cranes. Birds know when it is time to return, but my people do not know my laws.
- Zechariah 5:9Then I looked up and I saw two women. They flew towards me with strong wings. The wind carried them as the wind carries large birds. They lifted the basket between the earth and the sky.
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
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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
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