 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
 | Abel Charles Thomas - 1845 - 162 pages
...hnt even he falls infinitely short of the reality. Not the ostrieht "which leaiteth her eggs in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast.raay break there;" but the heart of the father in whom parental love is the most holy and vital,... | |
 | 1873 - 744 pages
...mould ! " This bird is mentioned in the book of Job, xxxix. 13, and five following verses. "Gavestthou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. . . What time she lifteth up... | |
 | Robert Hawker (D.D.) - 1846 - 890 pages
...condescended to call the attention of the man of Uz to it, Job xxxix. 13, &c. " Gavest thou (saith the Lord) the goodly wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers...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... | |
 | John Tricker Conquest - 1846 - 868 pages
...wing that flutters and quiver». 14 She Icaveth her eggs in the earth. And warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. 10 She is hardened anlinst hv пшик oiit-я, a* though they were not her'» Her labour is in vain... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - 1846 - 640 pages
...the cruel ostrich in the wilderness, " 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 bieak them : She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers." Job xxxix. 14-16.... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...the book of Job, " that the Lord answered the patriarch out of the whirlwind, and said, " Gavest thon the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich Í Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 480 pages
...the cruel ostrich in the wilderness, " 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." Job xxxix. 14—16. How many... | |
 | Charles Roger - 1847 - 342 pages
...XXXIX. 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free ' or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ? 13 Gavesl thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 19 Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 20 Canst thou make... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
...sins to inflict upon them such terrible judgments. OSTRICH. Job xxxix. 13 — 18. " Gavest thou... wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened * Strabo. against her young ones, as though they were not hers, her labour is in vain... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1848 - 602 pages
...the cruel ostrich in the wilderness, " 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." Job xxxix. 14—16. How many... | |
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