16 Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

17 Which leaveth his eggs in the earth, and maketh them [a]hot in the dust,

18 And forgetteth that the foot might scatter them, or that the wild beast might break them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:17 They write that the ostrich covereth her eggs in the sand, and because the country is hot and the sun still keepeth them warm, they are hatched.

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