 | Gardiner Spring - 1835 - 150 pages
...the wilderness, whom " God hath deprived of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding, leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...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... | |
 | 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, and warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them? She is hardened... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...and feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmcth them in dust, 15 as an expression of contempt. nans says ' PSALM XI. 1 David encourageth himself in 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And vvnnneth them in dust, 1 5 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they mere not her's ; Her labour is in vain without... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 pages
...— of the ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in thi earth, and warmrth them in dust, and forget teth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them" — of the flight of the hawk, and of the soaring flight of the eagle. We are ¡«reduced to the Behemoth,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 118 pages
...then sufficient to keep them hot. In the book of Job the ostrich is spoken of, and it is said she " leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast may break them." This is true in the day-time, only, as I have told you, it is observed,... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1839 - 100 pages
...which, in the beautiful language of Scripture, "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," did you ask the clergy to solve your doubts ? Did you inquire whether the Church had its missionary... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1840 - 132 pages
...ostrich (chap, xxxix. 14 — 16) it is said, " 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. ' AiroaicXripvvti TO. TEicva EdOTije, she trcateth severely her young ones,* as though they were not... | |
 | 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.... | |
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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. 
