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Job 39:13
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Job 39:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Job 39:13 in other translations
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
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In context
10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
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