The LORD Speaks of His Creation
Job 39:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
- KJV
- Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- WEB
- For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
- ASV
- For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
- LSV
- For she leaves her eggs on the earth, || And she warms them on the dust,
- YLT
- For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
- DBY
- For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
- DRC
- When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
- GNV39:17
- Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
- JPS
- For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- LXXE
- for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹ֣ב לָאָ֣רֶץ בֵּצֶ֑יהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָ֥ר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
OstrichEggOstrich, TheOstrichesEagleCondescension of GodBirdsReadings, SelectOmnipotenceJob, Book of
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:14 in most Bibles