14 Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labor unto him?

15 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it unto thy barn?

16 Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

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14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.
16 She (A)treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
Her labor is in vain, without [a]concern,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:16 Lit. fear

14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(A)
16 She treats her young harshly,(B) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,

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