 | 1854 - 594 pages
...are little «¡*r than the bird described in Job, "which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmetb them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. *''л is hardened against her young ones, • •• ilwugh they were not hers ; her labour is in vain... | |
 | Charles M. Sheldon - 1924 - 664 pages
...ostrich wave proudly ; . But are they the pinions and plumage of love? For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth...the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be... | |
 | 1860 - 856 pages
...order of na|ure, the following passage will adequately show : — " Gavest thou wings and feathers to the ostrich ? which leaveth her eggs in the earth,...warmeth them in the dust ; and forgetteth that the foot of man may crush them, or that the wild-beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones,... | |
 | National Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Publication Society of America - 1942 - 520 pages
...feathers the kindly stork's? 14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them. Or that the wild beast may trample them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; Though her labour... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...sons? 39 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 the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. 19 Hast thou... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...thereof, (XXXVIII, 19) 16 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto he clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: "O let not Time decei dust, (XXXIX, 13-14) 17 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.... | |
 | Diane Kelsey McColley - 1993 - 336 pages
...lapse, derived from the observation in Job that she "leaveth her eggs in the sand, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them" (Job 39:14-15). But the ostrich also "raises its eyes to heaven" and waits for the rising of the Pleides... | |
 | David Strong - 1995 - 268 pages
...they are without reason: 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. She is hardened... | |
 | Gregory McNamee - 1996 - 196 pages
...In the Book of Job, we read of the female, "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"—a reasonable enough supposition inasmuch as the ostrich does in fact nest on the ground. All... | |
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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. 
