Job 39:13
What does Job 39:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 39:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zechariah 5:9
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
- Leviticus 11:19
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
- Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
- Job 30:29
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
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