 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 5861885Full view - About this book
 | Origen Bacheler, Robert Dale Owen - 1840 - 386 pages
...earth ? Who hath put wisdom in 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... | |
 | John Goodwin - 1840 - 774 pages
...chickens under her wings, they who make him like unto the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beasts may break them, and is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers, Job xxxix.... | |
 | Thomas Fuller, William Pickering - 1841 - 376 pages
...ostriches. For the old one leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, forgetting that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.* But divine providence so disposeth it, that the bare nest hatcheth the eggs, and the warmth of the... | |
 | Thomas Fuller, William Pickering - 1841 - 378 pages
...ostriches. For the old one leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, forgetting that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.* But divine providence so disposeth it, that the bare nest hatcheth the eggs, and the warmth of the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather it into thy barn ? 2. Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings...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. 9. She... | |
 | 1842 - 440 pages
...the passage in Job, which states that " she 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. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers." But with all birds, " The young... | |
 | Harriet Newell Cook - 1842 - 138 pages
...wings and feathers unto the ostrich 1 which 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. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers." See how well this agrees with... | |
 | 1842 - 300 pages
...existence. . She is described as the bird which " leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them on the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them." " She is hardened," continues the inspired writer, " against her young ones, as though they were not... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 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 dust. 15 And forgetteth that the foot... | |
 | 1843 - 1108 pages
...barn ? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock?, or wings and feathers unto ihe ostrich ? 14 was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened... | |
| |
