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" Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. "
The Popular Science Monthly - Page 586
1885
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Hints to Parents: A Sermon on the Religious Education of Children

Gardiner Spring - 1833 - 68 pages
...neither hath he imparted to her understanding, leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ;" but what shall be thought of the still more cruel insensibility of that parent who gives birth to...
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The existence of God

Origen Bacheler - 1822 - 228 pages
...earth? Who hath put wisdom jn the inward parts ? or who hath given understanding to the heart ? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south ? Doth the eagle mount up at...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...thee? Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him? Gave.st thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the o.strich? Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook ? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Cnnst...
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The Biblical Reader: Consisting of Rhetorical Extracts from the Old and New ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...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 the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the...
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Infant School Manual; Or, Teacher's Assistant: Containing a View of the ...

Mary W. Howland - 1834 - 288 pages
...can outrun the horse. What does the bible say about this bird? God hath given wings and feathers to the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust. When she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. VULTURE. What...
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An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of Ornithology, on ...

Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...war-horse with thunder, the description is admirably characteristic. Gavest thou " wings and feathers to the Ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth,...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them? She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ; her labour is in vain, without...
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Hints to Parents on the Religious Education of Children

Gardiner Spring - 1835 - 150 pages
...neither hath he imparted to her understanding, leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ;" but what shall be thought of the still more cruel insensibility of that parent who gives birth to...
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The holy Bible, with a comm. and critical notes by A. Clarke, Volume 3

Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...they are or are not ; so deficient is the recollection of this bird." This illustrates verse 15 : " And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them." The poet seems well acquainted with every part of the subject on which he writes ; and facts incontestable...
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Analysis of the Bible, with reference to the social duty of man, by M. Martin

Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...with his band ia the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee ? [Job, xxxix. 9, 10, Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? [Job, xxxix. 1s. Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? [Job,...
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The Holy Bible: According to the Authorized Version, Containing ..., Volume 2

1837 - 852 pages
...2 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn ? 13 Gavest : his eyes behold, his eyelids try, ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmcth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot...
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