 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
 | William Graeme Rhind - 1844 - 456 pages
...ostrich. " Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. . . . Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's : her labour is in vain without... | |
 | George Beecher - 1844 - 356 pages
...feathers to the peacock, or wings and feathers to the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that...beast may break them, because God hath deprived her of understanding ? Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings toward the south ? Doth the eagle... | |
 | M. C. Best - 1844 - 204 pages
...prevent the rain wetting the interior; in this hole she deposits her eggs, and " warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them." Job xxxix. 14, 15. In this unprotected state she leaves them, and "is hardened against her young ones,... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1844 - 382 pages
...expression, therefore, "She leaveth her eggs in the sand, and warmcth them in the dust, and forgctteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them," refers, first, to her leaving her eggs during the day, to the sun's warmth, voluntarily ; and, in the... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 13 Gavest & MȪ tG{# / ? n16 ] ( t l Lr6 ѧ :jԬ 7, - Xۈ Ģ:c ? 14 Which leavelh her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the... | |
 | 1855 - 1080 pages
...is particularly described in Jobxxxix. 13 — 18. " Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich : Which leaveth...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... | |
 | 1855 - 1092 pages
...is particularly described in Jobxxxix. 13 — 18. " Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich : Which leaveth...that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast mar break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : her labour is... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 pages
...bring home thy seed And gather it into thy barn ? 2. Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 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. Neither... | |
 | E. Whimper - 1845 - 204 pages
...oars, while their feet no less assist them in their astonishingly swift movements. " Gavest thou the wings and feathers unto the ostrich? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust." (Job xxxix. 13, 14.) Owl ; Lilith, signifying night. (Job xxx. 29 ; Psalm cii. 6 ; Is. xxxiv.... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...leathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : her labour is in vaia without... | |
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