KJV King James Version
[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Job 39:13
[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
WEB World English Bible
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
ASV American Standard Version
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
Surrounding context — Job 39
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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Zechariah 5:9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.Leviticus 11:19And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.Psalm 104:17Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.2 Chronicles 9:21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.Job 30:29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
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