Job Chapter 39 verse 13 Holy Bible
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; `But' are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
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The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
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Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?
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The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? rather, the wing of the ostrich (literally, of ostriches) is exultant; i.e. a thing that it glories in. The allusion is, perhaps, to the flapping of its wings by the ostrich, as it hurries over the ground, which is sore, thing like that of a cock before crowing or after beating an antagonist. Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? This clause is very obscure, but may perhaps mean, Are her feathers and plumage kindly? (see the Revised Version); i.e. does she use them for the same kindly purpose as other birds - to warm her eggs, and forward the process of hatching them?
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?--Rather, The wing of the ostrich is superb, but are her pinions and her feathers like the stork's? Ostrich feathers are said to be worth from 8 to 15 a pound; but, beautiful and valuable as they are, they are hardly like the plumage of a bird, and are not so used for flight; on the contrary, the ostrich runs like a quadruped, it is stated at the rate sometimes of fifty or sixty miles an hour.
