New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 39:13-18

13“The ostriches’רְנָנִ֥יםre.na.NimH7443wingsכְּנַף־ke.naf-H3671flapH5965joyouslyH5965With the pinionאֶ֝בְרָ֗ה'ev.RahH84and plumageוְנֹצָֽה׃ve.no.TzahH5133ofloveH2623,

14For she abandonsתַעֲזֹ֣בta.'a.ZoH5800her eggsבֵּצֶ֑יהָbe.Tzei.haH1000to the earthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776And warmsתְּחַמֵּֽם׃te.cha.MemH2552them in the dustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083,

15And she forgetsוַ֭תִּשְׁכַּחVa.tish.kachH7911that a footרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272may crushתְּזוּרֶ֑הָte.zu.Re.haH2115them,Or that a wildהַשָּׂדֶ֣הha.sa.DehH7704beastH2421may trampleתְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃te.du.She.haH1758them.

16She treatsH7188her youngבָּנֶ֣יהָba.Nei.haH1121cruellyH7188, as if they were not hers;Though her laborיְגִיעָ֣הּye.gi.'AhH3018be in vainלְרִ֖יקle.RikH7385, she isunconcernedבְּלִי־ פָֽחַד׃be.li- Fa.chadH1097 H6343;

17Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433has made her forgetהִשָּׁ֣הּhi.ShahH5382wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451,And has not givenH2505her a shareחָ֥לַקCha.lakH2505of understandingבַּבִּינָֽה׃ba.bi.NahH998.

18Whenכָּ֭עֵתKa.'etH6256she liftsתַּמְרִ֑יאtam.Ri'H4754herselfon highבַּמָּר֣וֹםba.ma.RomH4791,She laughsתִּֽשְׂחַ֥קtis.ChakH7832at the horseלַ֝סּ֗וּסla.SusH5483and his riderוּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃u.le.Ro.khe.VoH7392.

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