Topic
Ostrich, The
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 11:13Torrey Unclean and unfit for food
¶ And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
- Job 30:29Torrey Illustrative — (Companionship with,) of extreme desolation
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
- Job 39:13Torrey Furnished with wings and feathers
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Job 39:14Torrey Lays her eggs in the sand
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- Job 39:15Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Imprudent
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- Job 39:16Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Cruel to her young
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
- Job 39:17Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Void of wisdom
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- Job 39:18Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Rapid in movement
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Lamentations 4:3Torrey Illustrative — Of the unnatural cruelty of the Jews in their calamities
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.