 | Isaac Taylor - 1841 - 352 pages
...that they scarcely seemed to touch the ground." We are told in the book of Job, that the ostrich " leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust ;" and though some writers have endeavoured to contradict this assertion, the attempt has proved abortive.... | |
 | Thomas Fuller, William Pickering - 1841 - 378 pages
...consideration. IV. PROVIDENCE. MARVELLOUS is God's goodness in preserving the young 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... | |
 | Thomas Fuller, William Pickering - 1841 - 376 pages
...consideration. IV. PROVIDENCE. MARVELLOUS is God's goodness in preserving the young 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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...gather it into thy barn ? 2. Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,...crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. 9. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they Her lalwr is in vain without fear ; [were... | |
 | 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,...the wild beast may break them." " She is hardened," continues the inspired writer, " against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...and feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth 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. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's : her labour is in vain without... | |
 | M. C. Best - 1844 - 204 pages
...mound round the edge, to prevent the rain wetting the interior; in this hole she deposits her eggs, and " warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that...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,... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leavelh her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the R 16 She is hardened againstheryoung ones, as though they were, not hers: 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 the wild beast may break them, because God hath deprived her of understanding ? Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
