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Job 39:16
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
Job 39:16 · Bible in Basic English
Job 39:16 in other translations
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
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In context
13 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
14 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
15 Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?
16 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
17 For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.
18 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.
19 Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?
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